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LOT 0066
Messapian Painted Terracotta Trozella
6TH CENTURY B.C.
12 7/8 in. (1.78 kg, 32.7 cm).
With piriform body resting on a delineated foot, tubular neck with everted, inward sloping rim; two large handles projecting from the shoulder and descend towards the rim in a steep angle, rosette medallions embellishing the angles and base; chequerboard motif on the neck with bands of vegetal motifs on the shoulder, the handles with ivy leaves and linear decoration.
ProvenanceFrom the estate of the prominent Swiss painter Max Gubler (1898-1973), acquired in 1936.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12646-236461.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.25.193.
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