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LOT 0039
Greek Apulian Blackware Prochous with Laurel Leaves
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (172 grams, 18 cm).
With pedestal base, bulbous body, broad shoulder, tapering neck with beak-like spout and tall strap handle to the rear; the body painted with a laurel-leaf frond. [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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