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LOT 0580
Greek Black-Glazed Thistle Mug
APULIAN, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (109 grams, 96 mm).
In black glaze with a single looped handle, expanding neck, ribbed belly and stepped foot with red ochre band.
Provenance
Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s.
Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944–2024), Oakham, Rutland.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2025.
Literature
See T. B.L. Webster, "Towards a Classification of Apulian Gnathian," Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London, vol.15, 1968.
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