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LOT 0509
Etruscan Painted Terracotta Dish
CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (156 grams, 13.8 cm).
Low dish with everted rim and painted decoration on the inner face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Cambridge, UK, gentleman, by direct descent from his father, who acquired the items in London in circa 1960.
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