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Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
1 - 2 3/4 in. (64 grams total, 24-71 mm).
Comprising fragments of vessels, most with decorative motifs, including one with a boar's head and another with lower part of the body of Ephebus. [14, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From a deceased estate, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Boardman, J., Athenian Red Figure vases the archaic period, London, 1975, figs.89 (head of boar), 361 (border with meanders and crosses) and other details.
FOOTNOTES:
Although Athens remains a prime source for red figure, the export trade, notable to Italy, shows a very wide distribution of this pottery far beyond the Greek world.
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