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Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion
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LOT 0588

Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion

SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 325-300 B.C.

4 5/8 in. (240 grams, 11.7 cm).

Squat and bulbous profile with broad body and domed lid with knop handle; black and red coloured bands and teardrops, profile bust of a lady of fashion with detailing picked out in cream and white; laurel leaf frond to the lower body; socle base; attributed to the Stoke-on-Trent Group: 'Pouting Lips' Sub-Group. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0588

Greek Apulian Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis with Lady of Fashion

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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