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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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Moscati, S., I Fenici, Milano, 1988, p.235, for a similar trefoil jug.
FootnotesThroughout 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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