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Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle
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LOT 0511

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 0511

Phoenician Terracotta Jug with Handle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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