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Greek Terracotta Vessel Group
Circa 5th-1st century B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Including a piriform jar with lug handle and other types. 165 grams total, 48-69 mm
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Large Villanovan Terracotta Impasto Urn
7th-6th century B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £725
With narrow foot and flared lower body rising to a carinated band and bell-shaped upper, flared rim to the mouth; single lateral loop handle at the carination, horizontal bands of incised lattice, zigzag and other ornament. 4.74 kg, 42 cm
Ex Prof. Kurt Alder and Dr Werner Alder, Switzerland; thence by descent.
