A GREEK POTTERY AMPHORA AND LID
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A GREEK POTTERY AMPHORA AND LID

GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK POTTERY AMPHORA AND LID
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Decorated in brown slip with bands including short vertical lines, blind lozenge chain, hatched double leaves, 'X's with hatching in the interstices and hatched meander separated by vertical lines on the shoulders, and hatched meander on the neck; the knobbed lid with concentric circles, a swastika on the knob
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sothebys, London, 10-11 December 1992, lot 502.
London art market.
Anonymous sale; Christies, New York, 7 December 2006, lot 71.
Swiss art market.

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