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Lot 86*

A Greek marble alabastron

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A Greek marble alabastron
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
With fine disc rim, a single slender rib encircling the upper part of the body, tapering to a rounded base, 10.5cm high

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Provenance:
with Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1996 (catalogue 162, no. 46).
George R. Francoeur collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
George R. Francoeur collection, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbook Academy of Art; Hindman Auctions, Chicago, 16 June 2020, lot 36.
Private collection, Switzerland.

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