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85 - RED-FIGURE OWL CUP
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RED-FIGURE OWL CUP Greek art, Magna Graecia, 4th century B.C. A black-glazed terracotta cup whose central panel is decorated with the Athenian owl on an olive branch. Fractures. Diameter: 14.2 cm Provenance: Former collection of Dr. Ulrich Hahn, Cologne, 1970s Christie’s, London, October 7, 2010: lot 236 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA579) Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 25–April 30, 2016 Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, October 7, 2010, lot 236 J. Boardman, “Greek Art” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 59, fig. 6 M. Merrony, Mougins Museum of Classical Art. The Levett Family Collection, France, 2012, p. 36 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 56 and 92 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 48, fig. 42, and p. 82 A Greek red-figured plate depicting an owl, Magna Graecia, 4th century B.C.
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