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LOT 0555
Hellenistic Bowl with Wave Design
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
4 3/4 in. (230 grams, 12.2 cm).
With rounded underside and carinated shoulder, flared rim; incised guilloche or wave motif to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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