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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]

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

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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LOT 0530

Greek Black Glazed Skyphos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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