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LOT 0071
Proto-Corinthian Painted Pottery Cup
7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 in. (74 grams, 16 cm wide).
Broadly conical in form, with rounded shoulder, inverted rim, two slender D-shaped handles and gently splayed foot; polychrome painted concentric bands to the inner and outer faces and geometric sunburst pattern around the foot; restored.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
Ex European private collection.
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