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LOT 0623

Greek Black-Ware Echinus Bowl

ATTIC, LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

7 in. (311 grams, 18 cm wide).

Broad, shallow body with low rounded wall and ledge rim, in light orange-brown fine clay with black gloss all over; wide ring foot, seven stamped palmettes clustered around centre. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Formerly acquired in the late 1950s-1960s.
From the family collection of a London, UK, collector.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 0623

Greek Black-Ware Echinus Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £79

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