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A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION JAR
Lot 191

A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BLUE-GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION JAR

CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Closed30 April 2008

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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

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

Specialist note

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.