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Lot 69*

A Messapian pottery lidded stamnos

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

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Messapian pottery lidded stamnos
Circa 4th Century B.C.
The lid with banded decoration in red and cream slip, the rounded body similarly decorated with additional bands of tongues at the shoulder, with arched upright handles, set on a low foot, 27cm high incl. lid

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Provenance:
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1978 (Kokusai Bijutsu: Sixth International Art Exhibition, no. 80).

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