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LOT 0580

Greek Miniature Bronze Beaked Jug

MACEDONIA, 7TH CENTURY B.C.

1 in. (14 grams, 26 mm).

With integral strap handle and disc foot, carination to the equator, broad pouring lip. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Herbert A. Cahn, Basel, 1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00072882.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession numbers 17.194.224 and 199407, for a similar type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0580

Greek Miniature Bronze Beaked Jug

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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