A GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE, the exaggerated pinched spout with shallow ribbing around the rim, the squat body with incised encircling lines around the shoulder, the handle terminating in a lion's paw below and a lion's head above, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. | Christie's

Lot 62

A GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE, the exaggerated pinched spout with shallow ribbing around the rim, the squat body with incised encircling lines around the shoulder, the handle terminating in a lion's paw below and a lion's head above, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.

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A GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE TREFOIL-LIPPED OINOCHOE, the exaggerated pinched spout with shallow ribbing around the rim, the squat body with incised encircling lines around the shoulder, the handle terminating in a lion's paw below and a lion's head above, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D.
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. M Comstock and C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1971, pp. 329-331, nos. 463-466

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