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LOT 0554
Greek Archaic Bronze Phiale with Handles
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/4 in. (915 grams, 44 cm wide).
Broad and squat in profile with thickened rim, two lateral omega-shaped drop handles each mounted below the rim on a crescentic bar surmounted by a model bird facing inwards; base fragmentary.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12210-222327.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar item (without bird figures) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no. 03.23.47.
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LOT 0554
Greek Archaic Bronze Phiale with Handles
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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