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MID-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN NORTH AFRICAN RED SLIP WARE FLASK
MID-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The globular body with applied decoration including on one side the dancing figure of Attis, wearing Phyrgian cap and cloak, holding a crook and pan pipes, a leaping bear above, the other side with two fighting boars and seated bear above wearing collar and with one raised forepaw, palm fronds either side of handles, handles moulded with foliate decoration
6 in. (15 cm.) high
MID-3RD CENTURY A.D.
The globular body with applied decoration including on one side the dancing figure of Attis, wearing Phyrgian cap and cloak, holding a crook and pan pipes, a leaping bear above, the other side with two fighting boars and seated bear above wearing collar and with one raised forepaw, palm fronds either side of handles, handles moulded with foliate decoration
6 in. (15 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in an English private collection acquired mainly in the 1980s/early 1990s.
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