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LOT 0595
Hellenistic 'Spindle-Shaped' Unguentarium
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 1/8 in. (37 grams, 10.6 cm).
Ovoid body with slender tubular stem and neck, flat discoid base and everted rim; traces of black paint around the neck and rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
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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Opening Bid: £1,111
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Greek Apulian Blackware Epichysis
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