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Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos
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LOT 0065

Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos

CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.

7 1/2 in. (310 grams, 19 cm wide).

The high-handled drinking cup with carinated lower body and a tall offset foot with a collar.

Provenance

Ex Galleria Serodine, Arte Antichità, Fritz Huchelmann-Tieche, Ascona 13 November 1987.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1993.197, for a similar with vine-leaf decoration.

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LOT 0065

Boeotian Black-Glazed Terracotta Kantharos

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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