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LOT 0843

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

ROMAN BUFFWARE PIRIFORM JUG
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 1/2 in. (251 grams, 14 cm).

Piriform in profile with discoid foot, deep shoulder, neck with pinched and everted rim; applied strap handle to rear. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION
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