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LOT 0587

Large Hellenistic 'Spindle' Vessel

2ND CENTURY B.C.

10 in. (241 grams, 25.5 cm).

Ovoid body with slender tubular stem and neck, flat discoid base and everted rim, four painted black lines around the body and neck. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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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LOT 0587

Large Hellenistic 'Spindle' Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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