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LOT 0044
Etruscan Blackware Terracotta Kyathos with Nude Kouros
6TH CENTURY B.C.
10 3/4 in. (1.15 kg, 27 cm).
Squat bowl with pedestal foot and carinated profile, broad flared rim; tall loop handle with flat frontal panel with advancing nude kouros, the head turned and one arm bent, voided below respecting the inner outline of the legs; to the reverse, an incised gorgoneion with broad gaping mouth.
Provenance
English private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0044
Etruscan Blackware Terracotta Kyathos with Nude Kouros
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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