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LOT 0631
Greek Xenon Black-Glazed Mug with Laurel Leaves
SOUTH ITALIC, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/8 in. (47 grams, 55 mm high).
With broad everted rim, band of vertical strokes to shoulder, laurel leaves below. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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