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LOT 0552
Etruscan Three-Handled Bowl
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 7/8 in. (504 grams, 15 cm wide).
Squat in profile with three equidistant dimples to the shoulder, everted rim with three radiating pinched strap handles, pouring lip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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