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Lot 16*

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An East Greek silver oinochoe
Late 6th-5th century B.C.
With flared neck, the high arched handle with palmette terminals, the ovoid body decorated with tongues on the shoulder, with corresponding fluting beneath, set on a flared foot decorated with a band of tongue motifs with a rosette on the base, 4in (10cm) high

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Provenance:
American private collection, New York.
Christie's New York, 6th December 2007, lot 116 (part).
German art market, 1993.
American private collection, formed between the 1930s and 1980s.

Literature:
Cf. J-L. Zimmermann, Collection de la Fondation Thétis, Geneva, 1987, no.81, pp.43 & 152. Here, it is suggested that their example is of Ionian manufacture, probably produced at the end of the Archaic period.

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