LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A SOUTH ITALIAN BLACK GLAZED FLASK IN THE FORM OF A BULL
LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Recumbent, with legs tucked beneath its body, with curved lip around strainer on back, a knotted ring handle below, small spout on left of neck, wearing a sacrificial fillet on its head with traces of added pink
4 3/8 in. (11.3 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 2004, VI, no. 56; and (forthcoming) M. Sguaitamatti and D. Leibundgut Wieland, Le sanglier et le satyre. Vases plastiques hellénistiques de Grand Grèce et de Sicile, Première partie: Vases plastiques en forme d'un animal, no. A23.

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