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LOT 0614
Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Collection
EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 - 1 in. (6.31 grams total, 18-26 mm).
Comprising four irregular, finely painted fragments depicting: an outstretched hand below a letter, a young male face in profile, and a pair of horseheads. [4]
Provenance
From the stock of a former UK antiquarian, acquired at trade fairs and from private collection formed in the 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Europe.
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