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LOT 0109
Roman Green Glazed Terracotta Cup with Signature
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 in. (273 grams, 16.2 cm).
Barrel-shaped in profile with low flared foot, stepped inner rim, two loop handles below the rim with palmette detailing; sidewall with applied motifs: clusters of discs, rosette, seated bearded man in long robe, winged female in profile, human foot - one with neatly incised retrograde legend '[T]POKOΛ' (abbreviated maker's name).
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12833-240780.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. a similar cup in MET, inv.no.74.51.389, in Karagheorghis, V., Ancient Art from Cyprus, The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2000, p. 281, no.456.
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