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LOT 0647
Romano-British Potter's Bowl Mould Fragment with Lions
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 4 3/8 in. (227 grams total, 10.4-11 cm).
Fragment of a potter's mould for the production of decorative tableware, with upper band of rosettes, fronds and other motifs within frilled borders, and on the angled body frond, shell and repeated motif of a leaping lion on a base with 'M·C·M' legend; supplied with a modern impression from the mould. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
From an old English collection.
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.
The lion was also the badge of several Roman legions, such as XVI Flavia Firma, XIII Gemina, XVI Gallica.
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