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LOT 0710
Roman Redware Bowl with Wide Rim
CENTRAL GAUL, 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (287 grams, 16.5 cm).
Squat and shallow with curved rim, old pencilled notation '[....] Alfriston, E. Sussex'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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