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LOT 0037
Greek Apulian Blackware Epichysis
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (183 grams, 14.5 cm).
With spool base, domed upper face, tall neck with spout and strap handle to the rear; the spool with meander band in cream and white, the upper face with frond pattern in cream and white, parallel vertical strokes to the base of the spout. [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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