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LOT 0195

Large Roman 'Upchurch' Greyware Storage Jar

2ND CENTURY A.D.

11 in. (1.98 kg, 28 cm wide).

With everted rim and decorative geometric band to the shoulder. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Upchurch Marshes, Kent, UK, in the 1980s.
Ex Winter Collection, Kent, UK.

Literature

See Pollard, R. J., The Roman Pottery of Kent, 1988.

Footnotes

The Roman pottery kilns on what are now the tidal marshes at Upchurch, Kent, are justly famed as a thriving pottery production area with many kiln and related sites. The London clay in this area is of fine quality and was thus suitable for pottery making. With the rise in the sea level, the area is now mostly inundated and, as tidal forces erode the silts, pottery (often 'seconds'), is sometimes exposed. The soft muds and general inaccessibility of the area make collection difficult.

CONDITION

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LOT 0195

Large Roman 'Upchurch' Greyware Storage Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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