Byzantine Shipwreck Terracotta Wine Amphora

5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

22 in. (8.15 kg total, 56 cm high including stand).

With tapering ribbed sidewall and conical foot, domed shoulder, carinated mouth with two lateral strap handles; marine encrustation; with tripod display stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 0206