Roman Red Ware Fragment with Gladiatorial Lion

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 5/8 in. (84 grams, 11.7 cm).

An irregular fragment from a large vessel with an angled shoulder and thickened rim, showing a low-relief leaping lion with its forelegs extended, jaws gaping, and its ears pulled back. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found near the village of Braughing in Hertfordshire, UK, in the early 1960s.
By descent to the son of a late Hertfordshire gentleman collector, whose collection was formed from the 1960s.

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