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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A GROUP OF ROMAN BRONZE VESSELS
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Including a situla, with double incised band below the rim interior and exterior, the arching ribbed handle with hook terminals, set on a pad base, the underside with incised concentric rings, 12 cm. diam.; three olpai, one with handle incised with foliate motifs, the other two missing handles, 18.5 cm. high max.; and a tripod bowl, each foot on integral rectangular base, 7.5 cm. high (5)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Including a situla, with double incised band below the rim interior and exterior, the arching ribbed handle with hook terminals, set on a pad base, the underside with incised concentric rings, 12 cm. diam.; three olpai, one with handle incised with foliate motifs, the other two missing handles, 18.5 cm. high max.; and a tripod bowl, each foot on integral rectangular base, 7.5 cm. high (5)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
(4): Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 752.
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