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LOT 0088
Very Large Greek Brindisi Type Terracotta Amphora
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
29 1/2 in. (12.45 kg, 75 cm high).
The wide piriform bodied storage vessel with cylindrical neck, inverted rim, two round-section handles and conical knop to base.
Provenance
Ex. H.P. Payot, Clarens (VD, Switzerland) collection, by inheritance.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11855-206531.
Literature
See The Levantine Ceramics Project, Brindisi amphoras.
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