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Lot 136

A Roman pottery transport amphora

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Roman pottery transport amphora
Circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
With globular body, short cylindrical neck and flared rim, arched handles joining at the shoulder, covered in heavy barnacle encrustation, 60cm high

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Outhwaite and Litherland, Liverpool, 9 June 1976, lot 116.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale (with a bespoke mount by Goodall's of Manchester, dated 4 June 1923).

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