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    Sale 9832

    Antiquities including The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection,

    London, South Kensington

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    28 April 2004

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    • A GREEK BRONZE OINOCHOE
    Lot 240

    A GREEK BRONZE OINOCHOE

    FIRST HALF OF 5TH CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    GBP 4,182

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A GREEK BRONZE OINOCHOE
    FIRST HALF OF 5TH CENTURY B.C.
    With two rivets at the junction of the handle with the neck, the rim turned out and with beaded decorative band, the slightly concave handle with an incised line border at both sides terminating in a palmette with lotus bud above in low relief
    7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high

    Provenance

    European private collection, formed between 1973-1982 (lots 236-265 and 352).

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