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Lot 27*

A Corinthian pottery alabastron

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28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Corinthian pottery alabastron
Circa 7th Century B.C.
The body decorated with a siren depicted with large curled wings, with small and large rosettes in the field, with tongues around the lip, neck and base, 16cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Japanese art market, 1975.

Saleroom notices

Please note that this piece should be catalogued as follows: 'A Boeotian pottery alabastron, attributed to the Horse-Bird Group, circa 580-560 B.C.'

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