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LOT 2057
Bronze Grand Tour Greek Oinochoe
ITALY, LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.
7 in. (1.24 kgm 17.8 cm).
With flared rim, leaf pattern to the shoulder, handle formed as a kouros with arms flexed, hands reaching towards two dogs on the rim; fluted body decorated with lotus flower design.
Provenance
From the private collection of a S.W.
London gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Footnotes
Considered to be after a Corinthian model, stolen from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Taranto and now lost.
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