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LOT 0914
Romano-British Greyware Vase from Nene Valley
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 in. (163 grams, 87 mm).
Comprising a broad globular body on a narrow foot, with sharply everted rim; partly absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound 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.
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