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LOT 0076
Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
ARCHAIC, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
13 1/4 in. (3.3 kg, 33.5 cm wide).
Broad dished bowl with carinated profile, flat rim with slashed detailing, band of reserved advancing lions and swans; central panel roughened for grinding. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d55 from Oxford Authentication.
Literature
Cf. fragment of a similar vessel in the British Museum under accession no.1888,0601.762.
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LOT 0076
Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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