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LOT 0039

Greek Red-Figure Lekythos with Eros

ATTIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

4 1/4 in. (106 grams, 10.9 cm).

With flared foot, waisted neck and everted rim, strap handle to the rear; painted with a scene of winged Eros in flight above a baseline, with frond. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a private Rutland, UK, collector, formed from at least from the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.07.286.68, for type.

CONDITION

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LOT 0039

Greek Red-Figure Lekythos with Eros

Sold for (Inc. bp): £975

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