Lot 26
26
A GREEK BRONZE SITULA
A GREEK BRONZE SITULA
A GREEK BRONZE SITULA
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A GREEK BRONZE SITULA
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THE DEVOTED CLASSICIST: THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A NEW YORK ANTIQUARIAN
A GREEK BRONZE SITULA

LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK BRONZE SITULA
LATE CLASSICAL TO EARLY HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C.
10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm.) high, excluding handles
Provenance
Art Market, Germany.
Art Market, New York, acquired from the above, 1998.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 8 June 2005, lot 109.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.

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Hannah Solomon
Hannah Solomon Vice President, International Head of Department
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Descriptif du lot

The ornamentation on this elegant vessel includes an intricate palmette complex below the handles, comprised of rosettes and tendrils forming volutes. For a similar example, see fig. 8 in B. Barr-Sharrar, "Macedonian Metal Vases in Perspective: Some Observations on Context and Tradition," in Barr-Sharrar and E.N. Borza, eds., Macedonia and Greece in Late Classical and Early Hellenistic Times.

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