Lot Essay
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8TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK GEOMETRIC POTTERY SKYPHOS
8TH CENTURY B.C.
The decorative frieze with central stylized bird on each side flanked by hatched meander and cruciform rosette, with twisted rope handles; and another Greek pottery skyphos with geometric motifs, worn, 8th Century B.C.
6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. excl. handles av. (2)
8TH CENTURY B.C.
The decorative frieze with central stylized bird on each side flanked by hatched meander and cruciform rosette, with twisted rope handles; and another Greek pottery skyphos with geometric motifs, worn, 8th Century B.C.
6¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. excl. handles av. (2)
Provenance
Item one: acquired in the 1980s.
Item two: from Sotheby's London.
Item two: from Sotheby's London.
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