Etruscan Bioconical Bowl with Handles

Squat vessel with rounded foot and carination with band of tendrils, flared sidewall with carination and rim, broad watchglass lid with central knop handle; blackware frieze to the sidewall, chariot with four horses and attendants carrying spears and dressed in chitons and himatia, among them a noblewoman dressed in a long chiton and chlamys; lid with frieze of profile figures seated on folding chairs with attendants and petitioners, and two women in long robes within a band of coiled tendrils; repaired and restored. 1.05 kg, 22.5 cm wide



Private collection, Mrs Lambelet, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, acquired before 1972; thence by descent. Private collection N.S., acquired in 2012. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13223-249242.

Many Athenian vases depict a quadriga, often in racing or military scenes, but in this case, the depicted scene is peaceful and could be linked to a wedding. The painting can be divided into two scenes: the first, on the sides, is the bridal procession, where the bride is conducted in the chariot, which will bring her to the groom, accompanied by her father and relatives; the second, the lid painting, is where the nuptial feast is prepared, and the conversing guests are waiting for the bride.

Hollow pendant formed as two triangular-section boar heads with finely carved tusks and eyes, ribbed bristles to the top of their heads; inscription to the bottom 'AHO?'. 2.37 grams, 18 mm



From the collection of a UK gentleman, London, UK, by descent from his family collection, 1970s.

Adorned with a human head at the top, substituting the typical trefoil pouring spout, originally fitted with a handle rising above the lip. 74 grams, 78 mm



Found in the 1930s. Property of a gentleman collector, by gift to his son. Accompanied by a copy of an old photograph of the item.