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GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK POTTERY AMPHORA AND LID
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Ornamented in brown slip with decorative bands including short vertical lines, blind lozenge chain, hatched double leaves, X's with hatching in the interstices and hatched meander separated by vertical lines on the shoulders, and hatched meander on the neck; the knobbed lid with concentric circles, hatching toward the rim, a swastika on the knob
13 in. (33 cm.) high
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Ornamented in brown slip with decorative bands including short vertical lines, blind lozenge chain, hatched double leaves, X's with hatching in the interstices and hatched meander separated by vertical lines on the shoulders, and hatched meander on the neck; the knobbed lid with concentric circles, hatching toward the rim, a swastika on the knob
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10-11 December 1992, lot 502.