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LOT 1304
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Gladiator Fighting a Bull
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (45 grams, 11.3 cm).
Vessel fragment with low-relief scene including a bull with head lowered at the feet of a bestiarius with large scutum shield and ribbed greaves; old collector's label to reverse 'Bestiarius and bullfight in arena'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
LiteratureCf. Hayes, J.W., Roman Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1976, fig.99, for a similar scene.
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LOT 1304
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Gladiator Fighting a Bull
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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IAΩ (Iao) is the Greek transcription of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the name of God in Judaism.
