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LOT 0539

Corinthian Piriform Aryballos

CIRCA 625-600 B.C.

3 1/8 in. (39.1 grams, 79 mm).

With short strap handle below mouth, piriform body, painted radiating and horizontal bands and pellets; mouth with painted bands to rim and base. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection, London, acquired in the 1960s, by descent.
English art market, prior 2022.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.62.11.11.

CONDITION

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LOT 0539

Corinthian Piriform Aryballos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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