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LOT 0550

Sold for (Inc. bp): £598

GREEK ATTIC BLACK-GLAZED TERRACOTTA SQUAT ASKOS
CIRCA 350 B.C.
4 in. (192 grams, 99 mm wide).

With carination and off-set ring at shoulder, loop handle with triple-band profile; slender neck and flaring lip.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Mr Guy Talbot, acquired between 1963-1982, Brussels.
Large parts of his collection were acquired from Mr d'Allemagne, curator of the Château de Laarne, Belgium.
with Bailly-Pommery & Voutier Associes, Paris, 17 March 2006.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00075547.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

LITERATURE:
Cf. example of the type in the British Museum under accession no.1856,1226.140.

CONDITION
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