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Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

Greek Bronze Phiale with Handles

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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.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

Literature

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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