Lot 452
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A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE
A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE
A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE
A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE
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A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE

CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE WITH LION HANDLE
CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY B.C.
11 ½ in. (29.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Atelier Amphora, Lugano, 1996.
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Lot Essay

The finely-modeled handle of this vessel is shaped in the form of a lion devouring a deer. The handle terminates at the lower end with a grimacing gorgon mask, flanked on either side with a recumbent ram. For a similar Greek bronze handle depicting two lions attacking a doe, see inventory no. GP-1098 at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.

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