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LOT 0616
Greek Red-Figure Ware Pottery Collection
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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.
FootnotesAlthough 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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