1st century BC. A ceramic amphora of Type Dressel IB with conical foot, broad shoulder and lateral strap handles, some marine encrustation; mounted on a custom-made stand. 935 grams, 33cm (13"). Property of a Cambridgeshire lady; formerly in the Igor Karmiloff collection (1925-2016), UN economist and author of Flashbacks, Icons of Impermanence, Bloomington, 2009; acquired in the 1950s-early 1990s; accompanied by a handwritten collector's note on the back of a Geneva import ticked dated 3 March 1982; found at Golfe-Juan, France.