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Item Details

Description

A Greek marble alabastron
Circa 5th Century B.C.
With broad disc rim and single pronounced ridge encircling the upper part of the body, tapering to a rounded base, 10.5cm high
Footnotes:
Provenance:
With Charles Ede Ltd, London.
George R. Francoeur Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI., USA.
George R. Francoeur Collection, sold to benefit the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbook Academy of Art; Hindman Auctions, Chicago, 16 June 2020, lot 36.
Private collection, Switzerland.

Published:
Charles Ede Ltd, Catalogue 162, May 1996, no.46.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.

Condition

There is a repair line across the rim and a crescentic portion of the rim (approximately, one third) is restored. The carving of the slender rib around the body is well preserved. There is some overall surface wear including scratching and slight chipping, with some traces of encrustation, including a yellowish patch on the base.