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LOT 0923

Roman Pottery Sherd with Hunting Dog Scene

1ST CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 in. (53 grams, 11.1 cm).

Fragment of the curved shoulder of a vessel with high-relief scene depicting a dog attacking a human (child?) lying nude and supine, a deer or fawn running past below. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Colchester, Essex.
From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, lady, since the 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0923

Roman Pottery Sherd with Hunting Dog Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £124

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