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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.
ProvenanceFrom 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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