Sale 2605
New York
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5 December 2012
Price realised
USD 1,875
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
AN EAST GREEK POTTERY LYDION CIRCA MID 6TH CENTURY B.C. The ovoid body on a tall flaring foot, the wide cylindrical neck with a flat disk rim, the body with a broad band, the foot, neck and mouth in brown 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by a member of the German diplomatic service in Istanbul, Ankara, and Thessaloniki, 1920s-early 1930s, and imported into Germany at that time; thence by descent.
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