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LOT 0041
Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Decoration
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 in. (460 grams, 16 cm wide).
The carinated bowl displaying a decorative frieze of pricked semi-circles or fans over a cluster of incised bands, the bowl emerging from a stepped ribbed base, tapering stem and splayed foot; likely Rasmussen Type 2c, repaired.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1960s.
Ex J. Bowman collection, Massachusetts, USA.
with Aphrodite Gallery, New York, 24 September 2018, lot 17.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1836,0224.400, for very similar.
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