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LOT 0076
Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Owl
ATTIC, 5TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/8 in. (115 grams, 13.7 cm).
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. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
LiteratureCf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, object no.2001.761.5; see also Johnson, F. B., ‘An Owl Skyphos’, in Mylonas, G., Studies Presented to David Moore Robinson on His Seventieth Birthday, vol. 2, St. Louis, 1953, pp.96-105.
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LOT 0076
Greek Red-Figure Skyphos with Owl
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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