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LOT 0576
Parthian Shallow Terracotta Tripod Dish
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (200 grams, 11 cm).
A squat bowl with three stub feet and chamfered rim; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important central London collection formed since the mid 1960s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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