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LOT 0373
Anglo-Saxon Decorated Grey-Ware Urn
CIRCA 6TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (497 grams, 14 cm wide).
Squat vessel with rounded underside, gusseted neck and carinated mouth with inner lip; stamped frond decoration to the shoulder and body, arched stamp pattern between; underside with impressed ropework spiral pattern. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx English private collection, formed in the 1960s.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.245 (part).
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.
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6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £110
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UK collection formed 1970s-1990s. Ex property of an English gentleman.
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