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LOT 0053

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,404

GREEK CORINTHIAN ARYBALLOS WITH WINGED DEITY AND SWAN
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (180 grams, 14.7 cm).

Piriform in shape with flattened bottom and rosette; the neck narrow with wide flat rim, pierced lug handle; the body with lively decoration featuring a central winged harpy with head in profile, body turned to the right and wings spread, rosettes in the field, all painted in a dark brown and purplish brown slip with sgraffito highlights; reverse with standing swan with sgraffito detailing.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the European art market in the early 2000s.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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