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LOT 1035
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Induction Scene
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (91 grams, 91 mm).
Stepped rim of a vessel with everted rolled lip, low-relief frieze depicting a reclining lady in profile on a couch with a wine-cup in one hand, rosettes flanking a poplar tree, small child holding a rosette (basket of fruit) led by the hand by an advancing figure in a large cloak, hand of another figure raised in front; old collector's label to reverse 'Young Achilles led to Chiron the centaur by his mother, Thetis'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
LiteratureCf. Cameron, A., ‘Young Achilles in the Roman World’ in The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 99 (2009), pp. 1-22, fig. 2, for an identical scene on a Terra Sigillata from North Africa.
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LOT 1035
Roman Redware Vessel Sherd with Induction Scene
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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4th-5th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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