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LOT 0904
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ROMANO-BRITISH GREYWARE FUNERARY URN WITH REMAINS FROM NENE VALLEY
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (945 grams, 19.5 cm).
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (945 grams, 19.5 cm).
Ovate in profile with disc foot, deep shoulder and flared rim to the mouth; containing fragments of ancient cremated bone; repaired and partly restored. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Nene Valley, Peterborough, UK.
From an old English collection.
Acquired from Helios Gallery in 2011.
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.
LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1993,0102.4.
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