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LOT 0850
Large Roman Bronze Jug with Handle
3RD CENTURY A.D.
14 in. (1.69 kg, 35.5 cm).
Piriform in profile with a flared foot and raised collar at the shoulder, everted rim to the mouth with crescent plate to the rear ending in profile avian heads; curved acanthus-leaf with bulb finial forming the thumb-pad, with a swept curve to the strap handle ending in a deer's head at the junction with the body; heavily restored.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Cf. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 291, for type.
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