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LOT 0617
Danubian Decorated Terracotta Bowl with Handles
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (233 grams, 16.5 cm).
Shallow discoid vessel with thick loop handles, central panel with meander detailing, concentric bands and outer radiating ring of ivy leaves on tendrils.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late-1990s.
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Squat, drum-shaped body with broad shoulder and low neck, everted rim to the mouth; three applied strap handles to the shoulder; painted circumferential bands to the body, concentric bands to the underside, trilinear s-motifs to the shoulder, slip red to the mouth and handles; rim restored. 585 grams, 17.5 cm wide
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2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
Scaphoid in plan, plano-convex with stepped profile; intaglio scene with a lion attacking a prone ibex. 5 grams, 28 mm
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