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LOT 0089
Greek Alabaster Alabastron
CIRCA 600 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (540 grams, 21 cm).
With fusiform body, slender neck and broad flange rim, circumferential incised rings.
ProvenanceAcquired in Germany, 1993.
Private collection, Europe.
Cf. Berlev, O. and Hodjash, S., Catalogue of Monuments of Ancient Egypt: From the Museums of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Bielorussia, Caucasus, Middle Asia and the Baltic States, Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 17, Zurich, 1998, pl. 145, VIII.46, for a similar vessel.
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LOT 0089
Greek Alabaster Alabastron
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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