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LOT 0925
Roman Brown Ware Ribbed Jug
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (254 grams, 14.6 cm).
Conical in profile with dimple base, ribbed lower body, ledge to the shoulder, strap handle, thick rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. John W. Hayes, Roman Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1976, p.118.
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