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Lot 60*

Four Corinthian pottery vessels
4

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

Sold for £1,657.50 inc. premium

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Four Corinthian pottery vessels
Circa 6th Century B.C.
Comprising an aryballos decorated in red and umber with two birds in flight, a whirligig on the base; a 'baton' alabastron, decorated in three registers with rosettes and animals, including panthers, a swan and stag; and two alabastra each with tongues around the neck, the body flaring to a flat base, the taller with an incised band of scales and dots at the base, the other with encircling bands of brown decoration, 6cm-26.2cm high (4)

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Provenance:
Private collection, New Mexico, acquired prior to 1991.

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