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Lot 75

A Greek bronze situla

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

£10,000 - £15,000

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A Greek bronze situla
Hellenistic Period, circa late 4th Century B.C.
The piriform vessel with high rounded shoulders tapering to a flat base, with flat inverted disc rim, the twin arching bail handles terminating in bud-like finials, attached on each side by a lion head, each with a full mane and open mouth, a spout emerging from the open jaw, the slightly concave base with concentric circles, 27.7cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, acquired in the 1980s on the European art market; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Artcurial, Paris, 23 May 2017, lot 42.

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