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LOT 0720
Terracotta Jug
ROMAN, 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
8 3/8 in. (920 grams, 21.3 cm).
Comprising an ovoid body with flat base, broad neck and wide mouth with carinated rolled rim; single strap handle; horizontal bilinear detail above shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market in the early 2000s.
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. Rolland, H., Bronzes Antiques de Haute Provence, Paris, 1965, item 291, for similar in bronze.
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