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LOT 0082
Greek Red-Figure Owl Skyphos
ATTIC, 4TH CENTURY B.C.
6 in. (115 grams, 15.2 cm wide).
Mammiform body with flared pedestal base and two loop handles to the rim; each side with a facing image of an owl between laurel fronds; concentric circles to the base, Attic workmanship.
Provenance
Acquired on the art market between the late 1990s and mid-2000s.
Estate of the late Barry Paul Buxton (1944–2024), Oakham, Rutland.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2025.
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