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LOT 0047
Etruscan Blackware Terracotta Kyathos
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.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection.
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LOT 0047
Etruscan Blackware Terracotta Kyathos
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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