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LOT 0661
Greek Apulian Gnathian Ware Skyphos
MAGNA GRAECIA, 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (96 grams, 12.7 cm wide).
With tiered foot and two square handles; to one face a garland of ovolo below the rim, in white with ivy leaves; bands of pellets to the reverse. [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.
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