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Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

Greek Terracotta Figural Oinochoe

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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.

Provenance

From 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.

Literature

Cf. Christie's, Antiquities, 8th December 2021, London, 2021, lot 49, for similar.

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With Thermoluminescence Report

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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