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LOT 0737

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

ROMAN REDWARE AMPHORA-SHAPED VASE WITH LEAF-DECORATED HANDLES
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (337 grams, 18.6 cm).

Squat in profile with flared neck and ribbed mouth, lateral strap handles with laurel leaf ornament. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Perrin, J.R., The Archaeology of York, The Pottery 16/4, Roman Pottery from Colonia:2, York, 1990, fig.111, no.1188, for similar.

FOOTNOTES:
A wide range of types, dates and origins of amphorae excavated demonstrate the extensive and changing trading contacts between the centres of the Roman Empire. For example, the vessels from sites excavated by the Trust in different areas of Roman York, comprise one almost complete amphora, some 200 rims, handles and spikes and numerous body sherds, witnessing a wide rage of commercial movement between Roman Hispania, Germania and Britannia.

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