A Tarantine terracotta banqueting figure, of a bearded male shown reclining on a couch, holding patera in his left hand, wearing a headdress, mounted -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, circa 525 B.C.; a Corinthian terracotta relief plaque of a cockerel, pierced for attachment to furniture -- 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high, circa 475 B.C.; a Mycenean pottery miniature storage jar, with encircling red bands, concentric circles on the base, one handle restored -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) high, circa 1350-1300 B.C.; and an Anatolian bronze bull, with long curved horns -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) long, 8th-7th Century B.C.

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A Tarantine terracotta banqueting figure, of a bearded male shown reclining on a couch, holding patera in his left hand, wearing a headdress, mounted -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high, circa 525 B.C.; a Corinthian terracotta relief plaque of a cockerel, pierced for attachment to furniture -- 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high, circa 475 B.C.; a Mycenean pottery miniature storage jar, with encircling red bands, concentric circles on the base, one handle restored -- 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) high, circa 1350-1300 B.C.; and an Anatolian bronze bull, with long curved horns -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) long, 8th-7th Century B.C.
See Colour Plate 1 for items two and three (4)

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