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LOT 230

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,265

ROMAN TREFOIL MOUTH OINOCHOE WINE JUG
(Bronze, 765 grams, 18 cm.).

Circa 1st-2nd century BC. A cast bronze oinochoe of trefoil-mouth form with concentric bands to the shoulder and thickened basal rim; the looped handle with lion-head ornament above the mouth and scrolled lower end.

PROVENANCE:
UK art market, acquired prior to 1996.

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