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LOT 0091
Greek Terracotta Alabastron
ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN, CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
4 3/8 in. (88 grams, 11.1 cm).
Piriform body with narrow neck and flaring rim with a small loop handle below, decorated with radiating strokes below the neck, followed by eight rows of dot decoration flaked by red and black circumferential bands.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late Sir Clinton Charles Donald Cory, 5th Baronet of Coryton.
Ex Philip Auction House, 24 September 1985.
Accompanied by two previous information cards.
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