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    8 June 2001

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    • AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE CUP
    Lot 147

    AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE CUP

    CIRCA 520 B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 10,575

    Estimate

    USD 5,000 - USD 7,000

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    AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED EYE CUP
    Circa 520 B.C.
    Each side with a winged sphinx between two large eyes, seated in profile to the right, her head turned back, with raised sickle-shaped wing, the reserved tondo with two bands around a central dot
    8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm) diameter

    Provenance

    Charles Ede Ltd., London

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