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LOT 0683
Romano-British Fresco Wall Plaster with Turquoise Petalled Flower
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (159 grams, 80 mm).
Fragment of plaster with inclusions, dressed face with red painted field and painted flower (perhaps a snowdrop Galanthus). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Leicestershire, UK.
Acquired from a collector in 2012.
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.
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LOT 0683
Romano-British Fresco Wall Plaster with Turquoise Petalled Flower
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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