A ROMAN PORPHYRY AMPHORA WITH LID

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08.02.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 113 | A ROMAN PORPHYRY AMPHORA WITH LID
A ROMAN PORPHYRY AMPHORA WITH LID

CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.

The ovoid body with narrow neck and flaring rim, the arching handles with finely carved stepped decorative attachment plates, with ridged and raised bands on the angles, the underside carved with a stepped edge and raised central concave disc, the domed lid decorated with two incised rings, with central stepped disc, knob now missing and with later drilled hole

14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high





Provenance

with Iraj Lak, London, circa 1982.



Literature

D. del Bufalo, Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry. Power and Religion, Rome, 2000, p. 143, V37.
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