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LOT 0157
Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
CIRCA 8TH 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.
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LOT 0157
Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
Estimate £600 - 700€700 - 810 (for guidance only)$810 - 950 (for guidance only)
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