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LOT 0695
Roman Dark Amber Vessel with Trailing
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (28 grams, 68 mm).
Of bulbous form, slender neck, decorated with polychrome swirling trails.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 17.194.258, for type.
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LOT 0695
Roman Dark Amber Vessel with Trailing
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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1st-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Trapezoidal in plan with ribbing to neck, low-relief figure of a hunter with bow to each face; pierced for attachment. 118 grams, 11.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
