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Nicely preserved hellenistic bottle from Magna Graecia

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Object number
AR2265
Object:       Bottle

Material: Red clay with black slip, lower part of the body not covered

Date: About 3rd century B.C.
Hellenistic epoch

Description:    Voluminous bottle with lentil-shaped foot, high slightly concave neck and lentil-shaped mouth.
Magna Graecia, Greek colony in Southern Italy

Size: Height 126 mm, diameter 72 mm.

Condition: Very good condition, minor chips and wear. With collection number "5" written with pencil on the bottom.

References: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Capua, Museo Campano 4, IV.B.AC.12, IV.B.AC.13, Pl 8.2;3 (here not covered with black slip)

Provenance: Acquired 2017 from the German private collection M. Voos, inherited in this from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired for the Herbst collection in 1976 - 1978 at a London art gallery, most probably at Davies Antiques Gallery.

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