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LOT 0104

Gnathian Plastic Vase in the Shape of a Woman

4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

12 1/4 in. (1.34 kg total, 31 cm high excluding stand).

Hollow-formed with broad chamfered base, body modelled as the head of a woman supporting the neck in the form of a trefoil oinochoe with a high, curving handle to the rear; moulded head with detailed swept hair hair wrapped in a cloth (sakkos), and stern facial features; circumferential painted band beneath the rim and vertical strokes; supplied with a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Acquired from Galerie Simone de Monbrison, Rue Bonaparte, Paris, France, 1980.

Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e36 from Oxford Authentication.
Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.150924, dated 19 December 2013.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12666-234641.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Beazley, J.D., Charinos: Attic Vases in the Form of Human Heads in Journal of Hellenic Studies 49, 1929, pp.38-78.

CONDITION
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LOT 0104

Gnathian Plastic Vase in the Shape of a Woman

Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)

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