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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.

Provenance

Acquired in Europe before 1994.
with Christie's, New York, 2 June 1995, lot 95.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2001.761.5, for a similar Attic example.

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LOT 0068

Apulian Red-Figure Skyphos with Owls

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820

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