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Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

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LOT 0567

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

1 5/8 in. (11.73 grams, 42 mm).

Irregular fragment with nude body fragment partially draped in a chlamys, with finely painted slender hand on a hip.

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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0567

Greek Attic Red-Figure Fragment Depicting a Nude Hero

Sold for (Inc. bp): £572

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