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LOT 0499
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'.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 96.18.84, for a broadly similar example.
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LOT 0499
Etruscan Brownware Impasto Vase
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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