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LOT 0057
Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles
ARCHAIC, 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/4 in. (915 grams, 44 cm wide).
Broad and squat in profile with thickened rim, two lateral omega-shaped drop handles each mounted below the rim on a crescentic bar surmounted by a model bird facing inwards; base damaged.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, 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 search certificate number no.12210-222327.
Cf. similar item (without bird figures) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no. 03.23.47.
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LOT 0057
Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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