Sale 7135
London
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20 April 2005
Price realised
GBP 1,800
Estimate
AN EARLY CORINTHIAN POTTERY ALABASTRON CIRCA 625-600 B.C. The body with a figure of an owl, with outstretched wings and staring circular eyes, rosette infill, rays around neck, rim and base, details incised and in added purple 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Dr. Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, 1970.
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