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Lot 55

A Proto-Corinthian pottery lidded pyxis

6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Proto-Corinthian pottery lidded pyxis
Circa 650-625 B.C.
Decorated in red and black paint, the lid with concentric bands, interspersed with a band of chequerboard motifs, with knopped handle, the body similarly decorated, with a band of rays above the base, the interior with plain concentric bands, rim 8cm diam., 7.7cm high incl. lid

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Provenance:
with Frank Sternberg, Zurich, October 1991.

For a similarly decorated pyxis see Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Gela, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 1, III.C.16, pl. 2316, 22.1 (Beazely Archive no. 9008062); see the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 47.14a, b, for the form.

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