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Lot 25

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

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An Attic red-figure lekythos
Attributed to the Aischines Painter, circa 475-450 B.C.
Showing a draped female figure holding a mirror in her left hand, looking behind her towards an altar, with her right arm outstretched, 8¾in (22.2cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
English private collection, acquired in 1986.
With Charles Ede Limited, London, Pottery from Athens, vol. IX, 1986, no. 14.

Literature:
Cf. J. Clark Hoppin and A. Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Harvard, United States of America: 'Hoppin and Gallatin Collections', pl. 13/3.

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