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LOT 0742
Roman Ceramic Inkwell
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (77 grams, 70 mm).
Composed of a foot and dished upper face, with two functional perforations.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 26.60.34, for a comparable example.
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