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LOT 0069
South Italian Black-Glazed Ribbed Mug
5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (13.2 grams, 85 mm).
Tubular with flared foot and raised rim to underside, horizontal ribbing to the sidewall, small loop handle.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12215-222327.
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.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no. 2000,1030.1.
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