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LOT 0547

Sold for (Inc. bp): £585

GREEK MEGARIAN TERRACOTTA BOWL
CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (143 grams, 11.5 cm wide).

Roughly hemispherical in form with in-turned rim and a matt glaze, raised architectural motifs to the shoulder, dense stylised ferns below; shallow foot.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in before 1994.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 98.8.23, for similar.

CONDITION
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