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LOT 0534

Greek Attic Terracotta Lekythos with Battle Scene

CIRCA 500 B.C.

6 3/4 in. (270 grams, 17.1 cm).

With flared foot, broad shoulder and trumpet-shaped mouth, strap handle to the rear; painted frieze with scene of two warriors fighting on foot with spears, watched by four silhouetted spearmen with pointillé detailing.

Provenance

Acquired in Germany, 2006.
Private collection, Europe.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12382-226969.
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.

Literature

See Haspels, C.H.E., Attic Black Figured Lekythoi, Paris, 1936, for overview; Beazley, J. D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, New York, 1978, pp.463-464, for type.

CONDITION
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LOT 0534

Greek Attic Terracotta Lekythos with Battle Scene

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080

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