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LOT 0114
Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe
CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
8 5/8 in. (443 grams, 22 cm high).
The body formed as a female head with neck forming the foot of the vessel; the hair styled in a chignon and piled above the brow; pinched nose and raised lentoid eyes; the surface enhanced with white and salmon-pink pigment; the neck of the vessel emerging from the top of the head, with trefoil mouth and a tall looped handle to the rear; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom a French private collection since the 1990s.
Ex Swiss private collection, Basel-Landschaft.
From the Swiss private collection of M.Tritten, Binningen.
Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence report by Oxford Authentication no.N125b43.
Cf. Christie's, Antiquities, 8th December 2021, London, 2021, lot 49, for similar.
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LOT 0114
Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£300 (EUR 348; USD 405) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £100
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