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LOT 0050
Attic Terracotta Geometric Jug with Handle
8TH CENTURY B.C.
9 3/8 in. (735 grams, 23.7 cm).
With a bulbous body and low basal ring, tubular neck with pinched trefoil spout and a wide strap handle to the rear; the body decorated with densely arranged circumferential bands, a panel of Greek key motifs on the neck, the handle with horizontal stripes and a central X-motif.
Provenance
Swiss private collection, 1980-1990s.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12654-236373.
Literature
Cf. Cristiansen, J., Greece in the Geometric Period, Copenhagen, 1002, fig.2, for the type.
Footnotes
These kinds of geometric oinochoai almost always had spherical bodies, cylindrical necks with trefoil mouths and strap handles from rim to shoulder. They are typical of Attic workshops of the Middle Geometric period (800-750 B.C.).
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