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LOT 0068
Apulian Red-Figure Skyphos with Owls
5TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (127 grams, 15 cm wide).
The cup with two handles to the neck and a broad, integral foot; both principal faces displaying an owl standing right between laurel branches; repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in Europe before 1994.
with Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 95.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2001.761.5, for a similar Attic example.
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