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LOT 0554
Greek Painted Terracotta Rhyton Fragment
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
6 1/8 in. (442 grams, 15.5 cm).
Finial from a rhyton with stylised zoomorphic detailing: elongated snout, applied lozengiform eyes in lobe protrusions, horns or antlers above; curved conical body with tiered inner face, applied red pigment detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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