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Lot 70

A large Greek terracotta pitcher

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A large Greek terracotta pitcher
Geometric Period, Circa 7th Century B.C.
Decorated in umber slip, fired to red in parts, with horizontal bands of geometric motifs, including a frieze of stylised birds at the shoulder, the ovoid body with flaring neck, two small nodular projections at the shoulder, the long strap handle with a strut support, 45.5cm high

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Provenance:
with Manon Koutoulakis, Switzerland, 1970s.
with Galerie Puhze, Freiburg, 1980s.
Private collection (1980s-2016), Germany, acquired from the above.

For a pitcher of similar form see B. Schweitzer, Greek Geometric Art, New York, 1971, p. 32ff, pl. 32.

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