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Lot 242
Eight Roman Glass Vessels
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$400 - 600
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$1,638
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Lot Description
Eight Roman Glass Vessels
Circa 1st-4th Century A.D.
Height of tallest 5 1/8 inches (13.02 cm).
Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, sold to benefit future acquisitions

Provenance:
A Roman Glass Jar
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Marie P. Venner, prior to 1974.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1974. [Acc. no. 74.44.5b]

A Roman Glass Jug
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
Marie P. Venner, prior to 1974.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1974. [Acc. no. 74.44.5c]

A Roman Glass Unguentarium
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Marie P. Venner, prior to 1974.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1974. [Acc. no. 74.44.5d]

A Roman Glass Bottle
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
Marie P. Venner, prior to 1974.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1974. [Acc. no. 74.44.5e]

A Roman Glass Unguentarium
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
Carter Harrison, prior to 1981.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1981. [Acc. no. 81.63]

A Roman Glass Narrow-Necked Flask
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Admiral John J. Ballentine, prior to 1984.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1984. [Acc. no. 84.70]

A Roman Glass Vase
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Kaufmann’s Antiques, Tel‑Aviv, Israel, 1972.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stephens McCarthy, 1972-1987.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1987. [Acc. no. 87.472]

A Roman Glass Bottle
Circa 3rd-4th Century A.D.
Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, Arms and Armour, Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic Art, and Antiquities, 30 March 1976, Lot 237.
Frank Raysor (1943-2022), New York, 1976-1991.
Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 1991. [Acc. no. 1991.208]
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