Sale 2007
New York
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4 June 2008
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 8,750
Estimate
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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