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LOT 0606
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]
ProvenanceFound 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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