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LOT 0492
Phoenician Painted Terracotta Wine Jug
CIRCA 900-800 B.C.
8 1/8 in. (720 grams, 20.6 cm).
With globular body and carinated tubular neck, flared rim to the mouth; loop handle to the shoulder and low basal ring; painted radiating strokes to the shoulder, segmented band to the equator with hatching and other decoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a British collector, acquired in the 1980s.
From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK.
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