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LOT 0594
Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (492 grams, 21 cm).
Of domed profile with central vent; old handwritten label to reverse 'Lid from an urn from Columbarium at Ostia. [...] 1867' and another, typed, to the obverse 'Lid of sepulchral Urn from Columbarium at Ostia (From Rev. J. Pyke'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Columbarium at Ostia, Italy, in 1867.
From the 19th century collection of Rev J. Pyke.
From the collection of a late East Anglian teacher and antiquarian who retired to the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, UK.
He amassed a large collection of objects between the 1960s-1980s.
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LOT 0594
Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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