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LOT 0075

Corinthian Black-Figure Oinochoe

6TH CENTURY B.C.

10 1/2 in. (675 grams, 26.5 cm).

Decorated with two superimposed friezes of animals including panthers, bulls and grazing ibexes; flowers and rosettes in the field; restored.

Provenance

Private collection, Old City of Jaffa, Israel.
with Archeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d54 from Oxford Authentication.

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LOT 0075

Corinthian Black-Figure Oinochoe

Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)

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