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    • AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FI
    Lot 224

    AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER

    CIRCA 570-550 B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 8,750

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

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    AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED COLUMN-KRATER
    CIRCA 570-550 B.C.
    One side with a panther confronting a boar; the other side with confronting sirens, with rosettes in the field; rays above the foot, zigzag on the rim and rosettes on the handle-plates
    9½ in. (24.1 cm) high

    Provenance

    with T. Fujita, 1970s.
    Property from a Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 12 December 2002, lot 82.

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    PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

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