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LOT 0917
Roman Redware Plate Fragment with Chi Rho
4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (49 grams, 83 mm).
An irregular fragment showing concentric banding and a stylised Christogram motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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