4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A SICILIAN TERRACOTTA FEEDING BOTTLE IN THE FORM OF A MOUSE
4TH CENTURY B.C.
With front paws raised to the mouth, prominent eyes and ears, with tapered side spout and central aperture with strap handle on centre back, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high; an Apulian gnathia ware skyphos decorated with yellow and white added details, a lion with ivy trail above, pendant bands and rosettes, the reverse similar with swan, repaired with damage, circa 340-330 B.C., 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; and a Gnathia ware lebes gamikos, the high knopped lid decorated with a pair of hounds, ivy trail and pendant bands on the front of the body, 4th Century B.C., 5 in. (12.7 cm.) high incl. lid (3)

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1986, II, no. 77 (item one); Animals, 1996, III, no. 65 (item two); and Noah's Ark, 1997, nos. 66 and 42 (items one and two).

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