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live November 18 | 02:30 PM
Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo

59 - BLACK-FIGURE LECYTHOS

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Estimation

€20 - 30

Sale fees

30%

BLACK-FIGURE LECYTHOS Black-glazed terracotta H. 11.5 cm. Greek art, late 6th–early 5th century B.C. Lecythos with a shoulder, tubular neck, and vertical handle, all glazed black. Shoulder adorned with radiating lobes. Body decorated with a frieze of incised palmette motifs, alternating with lanceolate leaves, above a black band highlighted by an unglazed line. Lower body and disc foot black-glazed, the edge of the foot reserved. Black-figure lekythos A shoulder lekythos with a tubular neck and a black-glazed vertical handle. The shoulder is decorated with radiating tongues. The body features a frieze of palmettes with incised details, alternating with lanceolate leaves, above a black band with a reserved line. The lower body and disc foot are black-glazed, with the edge of the foot left unglazed.

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Auction details

Archaeology
Wednesday, November 18
02:30 PM
10-12, quai Antoine 1er
98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco

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Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo +37 7 93 25 88 89 amournet@hvmc.com
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 46,000 lots published

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