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LOT 0081
Large Daunian Olla with Flaring Mouth
5TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (1.74 kg, 20.3 cm high).
With squat body on a flat base, two short loop handles to the equator and two animal-head protomes; painted pendant circle segments above concentric circles to the interior of the mouth; shoulder and body decorated with metopes, horizontal bands and vertical lines of differing colour and width; rectangle and swastika motifs in the metopes; pendant hourglass motifs in the lowest band; the vessel reassembled and some fragments replaced; bichrome ware.
ProvenanceFrom the estate of Hans-Ulrich Rutschmann, Switzerland, circa 1950s-1970s.
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LOT 0081
Large Daunian Olla with Flaring Mouth
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£550 (EUR 638; USD 743) ‡+BP*
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