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Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions
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Archaic, circa 8th-7th century B.C. Broad dished bowl with carinated profile, flat rim with slashed detailing, band of reserved advancing lions and swans; central panel roughened for grinding. Cf. fragment of a similar vessel in the British Museum under accession no.1888,0601.762. 3.3 kg, 33.5 cm wide (13 1/4 in.).

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N124d55 from Oxford Authentication.

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Large Corinthian Mortarium with Frieze of Swans and Lions

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