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LOT 0096

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

GREEK TERRACOTTA SITULA
4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 7/8 in. (1.19 kg, 25 cm high).

Piriform in profile with broad shoulder, slightly raised rim, two raised lugs each formed as a male bust with crimped headdress, mask of Hercules below wearing the lionskin hood.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Marinescu-Roth-Virzi collection, Switzerland, 1970-1993.

Accompanied by a copy of a photograph of the artefact on display.

CONDITION
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