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LOT 0075
Greek Black-Figure Oinochoe
6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (423 grams, 20.3 cm).
With pinched three-lobe mouth and strap handle; threads and details highlighted in purple; decorated scene in square metope comprising two dancing figures, one male and the other female, probably symposiasts; the male naked, holding a stick in his right hand and with the other arm carrying his coat; the female, a hetaera, dancing and running to the right, wearing a long chiton and a coat.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12089-218152.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession numbers 81.10.337 and 17.194.743, for similar types.
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