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LOT 0737
Roman Terracotta Piriform Storage Vessel
3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (489 grams, 15 cm).
With everted rim and rounded shoulder; marine encrustation. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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