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LOT 0683
Roman Redware Bowl
NORTH AFRICA, 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/4 in. (350 grams, 23.5 cm).
Broad dish or shallow bowl with rounded flange rim and base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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