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LOT 0660
Greek Apulian Blackware Net-Painted Lekythos
MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (120 grams, 11.3 cm).
Barrel-shaped body with a carinated shoulder; net pattern painted to the body; trumpet-shaped mouth and loop handle to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a private Rutland, UK, collector, formed from at least from the 1990s.
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