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LOT 0085

Graeco-Phoenician Glazed Terracotta Oinochoe

7TH CENTURY B.C.

6 5/8 in. (491 grams, 17 cm).

With a folded trefoil mouth, an applied ribbed handle and basal ring, and incised concentric rings above the equator.

Provenance

Private collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Moscati, S., I Fenici, Milano, 1988, p.235, for a similar trefoil jug.

Footnotes

Throughout the 7th century BC, the Phoenician ports received goods from the East, from Cyprus, Eastern Greece, Pithecussa, and even Etruria, likely in exchange for grain, oil, and wine. Among the various archaeological finds unearthed in these ports are Attic, Corinthian, and Rhodian pottery, some of which was manufactured by the Greek colonies of the West, such as Ischia-Pithecussa.

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LOT 0085

Graeco-Phoenician Glazed Terracotta Oinochoe

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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