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LOT 0619
Late Lydian Bronze Phiale with Boss
600-400 B.C.
9 1/2 in. (536 grams, 24 cm wide).
Broad and squat with thickened rim, central boss to the base.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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