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LOT 0056
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 wrapped in a cloth (sakkos), and stern facial features; circumferential painted band beneath the rim and vertical strokes; supplied with a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
Cf. Beazley, J.D., Charinos: Attic Vases in the Form of Human Heads in Journal of Hellenic Studies 49, 1929, pp.38-78.
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Opening Bid: £222
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