Lot no. 381
GNATHIAN SQUAT LEKYTHOS WITH BIRD Ca. 325 - 300 BC. A squat lekythos with a domed body, narrow neck, and wide disc rim. The black-glazed surface is decorated in added white and yellow with a frieze showing a bird standing on a scrolling tendril between volutes, beneath a field of dots. A band of tongues adorns the shoulder. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1856,1226.181. Size: 50mm x 50mm; Weight: 40g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgian art market; Hugo Lievens, Brussels 1982.
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