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LOT 0577
Greek Corinthian Piriform Painted Terracotta Aryballos
CIRCA 625-600 B.C.
3 1/8 in. (51 grams, 80 mm).
With short strap handle below mouth, piriform body, painted radiating and horizontal bands; mouth with painted bands to rim and base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.62.11.11.
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