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Lot Essay
Cf. F. N. Pryce, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain fasc. 10, British Museum fasc. 7, London, 1932, p. 7, pl. 7, no. 1 for similar.
Details
A DAUNIAN POTTERY OLLA
550-500 B.C.
The spherical body with wide everted rim and twin loop handles, between which a single animal head protome with prominent ears, circular eyes and collar, decorated in red and dark brown, with arcs on the rim, chequerboard dotted rectangles between the protome, 'metope' with dotted lozenges on the reverse, three pendant triangles above the foot, one handle repaired
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
550-500 B.C.
The spherical body with wide everted rim and twin loop handles, between which a single animal head protome with prominent ears, circular eyes and collar, decorated in red and dark brown, with arcs on the rim, chequerboard dotted rectangles between the protome, 'metope' with dotted lozenges on the reverse, three pendant triangles above the foot, one handle repaired
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired during the 1970s.
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