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LOT 0066
Corinthian Black-Figure Aryballos with a Lion
CIRCA 600 B.C.
2 1/8 in. (41.7 grams, 55 mm).
The squat oil flask with slender neck and broad everted rim, painted with rosette petals around the mouth and base, spots encircling the rim, horizontal stipes to the strap handle, vegetal motifs and the forequarters of a roaring lion to one face of the body.
ProvenanceAcquired from Dr. Jean Lauffenburger, circa 1980.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11850-206480.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 41.162.59, for similar.
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