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LOT 0558

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.

Provenance

Acquired in Germany, 1993.
Private collection, Europe.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

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 0558

Greek Alabaster Alabastron

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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