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LOT 0721
Roman Tinned Bronze Bowl
1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (177 grams, 10.3 cm).
Hemispherical in profile with low foot, incised circumferential lines to rim; high-tin surface with silvery appearance.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12234-222176.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Tassinari, S., La Vaisselle de Bronze, Romaine et Provinciale, au Musée des Antiquités Nationales, XXIXe supplément de Gallia, Paris, 1975, items 88, 90, for similar types.
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LOT 0721
Roman Tinned Bronze Bowl
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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