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LOT 0526
Greek Terracotta Wine Cup with Pellets Representing Bunches of Grapes
HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (197 grams, 10.9 cm wide).
Squat in profile with low foot, sidewall with triangular pellet clusters in swags; carination to inner rim; old collector's label to underside 'Q/15'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of the late Bernard C. Pickard, Hampshire, UK, the owner of Bernard C. Pickard Antiquities, which closed in 1987, he had been collecting since the mid 1950s.
FootnotesBernard Pickard was a close friend of Richard Hattatt, the renowned author of several books on ancient brooches. Hattatt acknowledges in his first book, Ancient & Romano-British Brooches, published in 1982, that Mr Pickard first aroused his interest in brooches and inspired him in writing his books during his retirement. Mr Pickard also wrote the foreword to the section on Roman animal brooches, op. cit. p.158-160.
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LOT 0526
Greek Terracotta Wine Cup with Pellets Representing Bunches of Grapes
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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