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A LARGE, ANCIENT ROMANO - BRITISH POTTERY URN DISCOVERED AT COLCHESTER ESSEX




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Reference Number: Avaluer:38624
Original Description:
THIS SUPERB, RARE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL ROMANO-BRITISH POTTERY URN WAS DISCOVERED BY A DEAR OLD FRIEND OF MINE SOMETIME DURING THE LATE 1960S ON THE MERSEA ROAD IN COLCHESTER, ESSEX. HE RECOVERED IT BY COMPLETE CHANCE AFTER SPOTTING THE PIECES IN A SPOIL HEAP FROM DIGGINGS DURING ROAD/ BUILDING WORKS BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE TIME. I RECALL HIM POINTING OUT TO ME WHERE A LABOURERS TOOL HAD PUNCTURED THROUGH THE WALL OF THE URN AFTER STRIKING IT AS CAN BE SEEN IN SOME OF THE IMAGES! I USED ...TO ADMIRE IT AMONG THE OTHER WONDERFUL PIECES IN HIS CABINET WHEN I CALLED ON HIM BEFORE EVENTUALLY MANAGING TO ACQUIRE IT FROM HIM AROUND TWENTY YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE IT DATES FROM SOMETIME BETWEEN THE 1ST-2ND CENTURY AD AND IS ONE OF THOSE VERY SPECIAL PIECES WHICH JUST HAS SOMETHING RATHER MAGICAL ABOUT IT. I HAVE ENJOYED THE URN FOR MANY YEARS BUT I NOW FEEL THE TIME HAS COME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF OWNING AND APPRECIATING IT.
THE URN MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 8, 1/2 INCHES IN HEIGHT, 7, 1/2 INCHES ACROSS THE WIDEST POINT OF THE BELLY.  IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, ORIGINAL CONDITION WITH SOME HISTORIC DAMAGE, CHIPS / CRACKS / LOSSES / MARKS/ STAINS/ ABRASIONS AS ONE WOULD EXPECT OF SUCH A PIECE OF SUCH GREAT AGE!
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE QUALITY PIECES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM MY LIFELONG COLLECTION 
PLEASE NOTE: INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS, PLEASE WAIT TO RECEIVE AN INVOICE AFTER AUCTION BEFORE MAKING PAYMENT AS THE SHIPPING COST SHOWN IN THE LISTING IS AN ESTIMATE ONLY! 


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