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LOT 0085

Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle

8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

7 1/4 in. (395 grams, 18.5 cm).

Globular body decorated with circumferential banding, low foot, conical neck with pinched spout, strap handle to the rear.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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 0085

Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle

Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)

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