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LOT 0829
Roman Terracotta Wine Flagon
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (373 grams, 16.5 cm high).
Of bulbous profile with slightly flared base, broad shoulder, facetted strap handle and trumpet-shaped mouth.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Roman 'Columbarium at Ostia' Terracotta Sepulchral Urn Lid
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Of domed profile with central vent; old handwritten label to reverse 'Lid from an urn from Columbarium at Ostia. [...] 1867' and another, typed, to the obverse 'Lid of sepulchral Urn from Columbarium at Ostia (From Rev. J. Pyke'. 492 grams, 21 cm
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