PAIR OF ROMANO-EGYPTIAN POTTERY VESSELS

Ca. 30 BC - AD 200. A large storage bottle and a smaller two-handled jar from this group of two vessels in pale buff pottery. The larger bottle has a full ovoid body rising to a short constricted neck and broad everted rim, with no handles visible in the supplied view, while the smaller jar has a compact ovoid body, short neck, thick rolled lip and two small loop handles rising from the shoulder. Extensive cream-coloured deposits and areas of flaking encrustation cover both vessels, exposing portions of the underlying pink-buff fabric. Size: 80-170mm x 50-100mm; Weight: 555g Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Belgium; formerly in a German private collection before 2000.

Estimate:£200

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