CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION JAR
CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The spherical body with four registers of relief decoration, a band of swags around the shoulder, the central friezes with fish and marine plants above a band of five mythological animals, leaves emerging from the base, with restoration
5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Bonham's London, 22 September 1998, lot 30.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Old label on base with ink number.

For similar jar, cf. F. D. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, pp. 142 and 235, no. 141.

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