Rare Athenian feeding flask found in Athens
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Object number
AR2245
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Feeding flask
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| Material: |
Red clay with black slip
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| Date: |
3rd century B.C. Athenian |
| Description: |
Small voluminous flask with disk-shaped base, broad handle and thin conical spout. The flat shoulder is decorated with black rays.
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| Size: |
Diameter 80 mm incl spout, height 49 mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, with sticker "from a tomb in athens (230 B.C.)".
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| 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 1977 at Davies Antiques Gallery, London (copies of the invoice and certificate are at hand). Recorded to have been found in Athens.
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| Authenticity: |
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