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LOT 0530
Greek Black Glazed Skyphos
SOUTH ITALIC, 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (100 grams, 15.3 cm).
Comprising a broad bowl and two loop handles set below the rim, waisted foot with carinated rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Hoppin, J. C. and Gallatin, A.-E., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum; USA 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Cambridge, 1926, p.109, Gallatin pl.64.4.
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Opening Bid: £400
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