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LOT 0724
Roman Limestone Column
1ST CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
5 1/4 in. (936 grams, 13.5 cm high).
A surviving section from a small limestone architectural pedestal column base with remains of cylindrical column to top, decorated with a collar of conjoined lozenges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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