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LOT 0068
Huge Corinthian Black-Figure Lekanis Lid
6TH CENTURY B.C.
19 1/2 in. (3.7 kg, 49.5 cm wide).
An extremely large Corinthian or Attic lid with concentric bands to the rim and handle; to the tondo, a frieze of painted figures comprising a swan, a regardant lion, two opposed sphinxes, another regardant lion, another swan, a bull, a lioness and part of another bull(?); restored.
ProvenanceAcquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11614-199000.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 06.1021.23a, b; 74.51.364; 06.1021.23a, b and 27.116, for similar animal figures painted on different vessel types and 1991.11.1, for a comparable lid of this date; cf. The British Museum, museum number 1886,0401.1180, for a very similar lion figure.
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LOT 0068
Huge Corinthian Black-Figure Lekanis Lid
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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