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Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

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LOT 0782

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

ATTIC, CIRCA 440-420 B.C.

4 3/4 in. (137 grams, 12.1 cm).

Rounded body with narrow neck and leaf-shaped mouth, strap handle to the rear, the body showing a flying goddess Nike holding a patera; restoration to the neck and the handle. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired Hastings, London Road, July 1958, for £2.00.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.46.

CONDITION

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LOT 0782

Greek Red Figure Ware Squat Lekythos with the Goddess Nike

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*

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