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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]
ProvenanceFound Upchurch Marshes, Kent, UK, in the 1980s.
Ex Winter Collection, Kent, UK.
See Pollard, R. J., The Roman Pottery of Kent, 1988.
FootnotesThe 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.
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Lug handle to the rear, shallow discus with filling holes and a low-relief image of goddess Cybele riding on her frequent companion, a lion. 172 grams, 12 cm
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Comprising thirty glass beads of various sizes, including mosaic beads and some with drawn decoration. 49 grams total, 7-13 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The mass production of glass in Ancient Rome prompted the development of glass jewellery of unique qualities. The ancient Romans considered jewellery to be an essential accessory, being a public display of the wealth of high social classes. Recent excavations have provided better information on the use of glass beads for necklaces and bracelets, and in some case has been possible to understand the exact arrangement of a necklace or other jewellery made of glass. Many of the examples here presented belongs to the so-called category of ‘eye-beads’.
