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Daunian Bi-Chrome Jar, Ex-Farwell, Published

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Daunian Bi-Chrome Jar, Ex-Farwell, Published

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-6 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
Southern Italy, Ca. 5th-4th Century BC. Large jug with a swirl design painted around the neck. The middle of the jar is painted with a wide and thick brown line and is surrounded on each side by thin parallel brown lines. The handle is unbroken and is painted with three lines which meet on the rim to form a flower bud. 7 3/4"H x 7"W. The bottom of the jug has been professionally repaired, else excellent.

Provenance: Ex-Bryon Farwell Collection. Part of a 209 piece collection of ancient pottery featured in the book, "The Farwell Collection" published in 1953 by Franklin P. Johnson, University of Chicago art historian and archaeologist. Byron Farwell was a young Army captain stationed in Italy during WW II, and pieces presented in this book were personally excavated by him in 1944/45 in Ordonia, Italy.

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