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LOT 0569
Greek Attic Black-Glazed Lidded Pyxis
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 500-450 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (138 grams, 94 mm wide).
Squat in profile with deep carinated shoulder, tiered foot and everted rim; discoid lid with knop handle. [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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