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LOT 0611
Greek Hellenistic Terracotta Spindle Flask
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (155 grams, 16.5 cm).
With long narrow neck developing to a fusiform body and flared foot. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate Derby, UK, antiquities collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, Munich, Germany.
The leaden bullets, thrown with slings, were called in Greek molivdainai (μολύβδαιναι), and in Latin glandes; the former indicating the material ‘lead’, the latter the shape ‘acorns’. These bullets were cast in a mould and bore letters or devices, or both, on two sides or only on one. In form, they were more like an almond than an acorn, but many are pointed at both ends. -
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From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
