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LOT 0563
Greek Painted Terracotta Juglet
8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (56 grams, 74 mm).
With applied handle and integral foot, horizontal painted lines to the equator, concentric rings to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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