CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., OR EARLIER
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A ROMAN BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED CAULDRON
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., OR EARLIER
Each handle terminating in a lion's paw, decorated on one side in relief with a garland gathered between two frontal helmeted heads, a band below the rim decorated with two relief heads between foliate frieze
31 cm. high
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., OR EARLIER
Each handle terminating in a lion's paw, decorated on one side in relief with a garland gathered between two frontal helmeted heads, a band below the rim decorated with two relief heads between foliate frieze
31 cm. high
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Reputedly found in Krommenie, the Netherlands.
Reputedly found in Krommenie, the Netherlands.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 772.
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