ID 1134498 
Lot 113  | A ROMAN PORPHYRY AMPHORA WITH LID
Valeur estimée
£ 70 000 – 100 000 
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.
| Matériel: | Porphyre, Calcul | 
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| Style artistique: | Art ancien | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Égypte antique, Egypte, Afrique | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art ancien et antiquités | 
| Matériel: | Porphyre, Calcul | 
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| Style artistique: | Art ancien | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Égypte antique, Egypte, Afrique | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Art ancien et antiquités | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |||||
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