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LOT 0651
Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Jug with Grape Vines
SOUTH ITALIC, 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (155 grams, 11 cm).
Blackware juglet with pedestal base, bulbous body, waisted neck and everted rim; the applied handle to the rear; band of red flanked by cream and white fronds to the shoulder. [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.
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