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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]
ProvenanceProperty of a private Rutland, UK, collector, formed from at least from the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.07.286.68, for type.
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