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LOT 0667
Greek Apulian Blackware Oinochoe with Laurel Leaves
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/8 in. (170 grams, 16.3 cm).
With tiered foot, ovoid body, tapering neck and scooped trefoil mouth; tall strap handle to the rear; painted laurel frond to the sidewall and chevrons to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art accession no.1971.11.14, for a similar example.
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