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LOT 0550
Greek Apulian Net Lekythos
CIRCA 300 B.C.
5 5/8 in. (156 grams, 14.3 cm).
On a set-off ring foot with long cylindrical neck and funnel-shaped rim; the body with net-pattern decoration in umber, highlighted with white dots at the junctions, framed by brown bands above and below; handle, spout and the outside of the ring foot also in brown; from Apulian Greek colonies of southern Italy, surface chip to the body, usage wear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Swiss collection, since at least 1978.
Ex Swiss collection, Mr. P.B.
Basel-Landschaft, acquired on the Swiss art market.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 76.12.4, for similar.
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