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Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug
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LOT 0567

Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug

SOUTH ITALIC, 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

4 in. (157 grams, 10.2 cm).

With flared neck, everted rim, loop handle and pedestal base of Magna Graecian (Gnathian) workmanship; to the neck a band of white ovolo motifs above ochre bands, a white wavy line, ochre dots, a white and ochre meander and red solid bands. [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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0567

Greek Gnathian Black-Glazed Thistle Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £364

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