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Byzantine Stone Pottery Mould with Animal Byzantine Stone Pottery Mould with Animal Byzantine Stone Pottery Mould with Animal
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LOT 0938

Byzantine Stone Pottery Mould with Animal

6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

12 3/8 in. (1.75 kg total, 31.5 cm wide including stand).

Ellipsoid in plan, a mould for forming ceramic model animals with incised decorative detailing; mounted on a custom-made stand with a specimen modern casting taken from the mould, hollow to the reverse.

Provenance

From the Janner Klausner family collection by desent 1960s, London and Israel.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0938

Byzantine Stone Pottery Mould with Animal

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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