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LOT 0976
Roman Sheet Bronze Lidded Pyxis
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (32 grams, 59 mm high).
Tubular in construction with concentric rings to base and in groups on the sidewall, lid with rings and central vent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from Alan Cherry, Bournemouth, UK, circa 2006.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
See Cipriano, S., 'L’inumazione ad Altino in età alto e medio-imperiale,' in Rivista di Archeologia, XXXVI, 2012, pp.97-118.
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