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Lot 28

A Greek red-figure owl skyphos

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Greek red-figure owl skyphos
South Italy, circa 4th Century B.C.
Decorated on each side with an owl, with large dot and circle eyes framed by further dotted plumage, flanked by laurel sprigs, 7.5cm high

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Provenance:
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired in the 1970s.

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