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LOT 0574
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.
ProvenanceEx private Mister X. (1931-2017) collection.
Sold in the benefit of the 'Croix-Rouge of Monaco'.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 96.18.84, for a broadly similar example.
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LOT 0574
Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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