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Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
CIRCA 540 B.C.
11 1/4 in. (396 grams, 28.5 cm wide).
With a deep bowl resting on a short stem and flared foot, the inner face with a central roundel, the outer face with a frieze of animals, Side A) an advancing lion with gaping jaws, a siren with its wings spread and head turned back, a grazing antelope and an advancing lion facing left, Side B) an advancing lion, a standing swan with its wings spread, a sheep(?), and another swan facing left with its wings spread.
PROVENANCE:
Swiss Art and Antiques Fair, Basel, 4-12 April 1987.
Ex Galleria Serodine, Ascona, Switzerland.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12639-236374.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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