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Lot 186*

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

£8,000 - £10,000

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A Greek blue core-formed aryballos
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 6th-5th Century B.C.
Possibly from Rhodes, the spherical body with yellow spiral trail above and below finely tooled turquoise and yellow zigzag decoration, with applied yellow trail at the edge of the rim, the bottom with a yellow and turquoise circle, with matching blue applied scrolling handles, 2¼in (6cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
American private collection, Texas, acquired in Dallas in 1999.
With Charles Ede Limited, Ancient Glass, vol. XIX, 1999, no. 1.
Christie's London, Ancient Glass Formerly in the Kofler-Truniger Collection, 5-6 March 1985, lot 317.
E. & M. Kofler-Truniger Collection, Lucerne.

Published:
M. Kunz and B. Rutti, et al., 3000 Jahre Glaskunst, von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil, Lucerne, 1981, no. 81. This example is very unusual in that the underside of the base is decorated with a mixed yellow and turquoise circle.

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