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Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase
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LOT 0578

Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase

8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

5 5/8 in. (328 grams, 14.4 cm).

Biconical with a broad neck, everted rim and two high handles, shoulder decorated with high vertical ridges with conical knop at centre to two faces.

Provenance

Ex private Mister X. (1931-2017) collection.
Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 96.18.84, for a broadly similar example.

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LOT 0578

Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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