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Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid
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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]

Provenance

Found 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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