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LOT 0661
Greek Terracotta Juglet
5TH CENTURY B.C.
2 3/4 in. (66 grams, 69 mm).
Biconvex in profile with tapering shoulder, flared rim, loop handle; hatched triangles to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old European collection formed mainly in the 1980s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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