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Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid
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LOT 0070

Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid

CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

6 3/4 in. (502 grams, 17 cm high).

Blackware vessel comprising a broad bowl with frieze of animals (boar, lion, sphinx, horse); trumpet-shaped base with supporting caryatid; some restoration.

Provenance

From the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.

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LOT 0070

Etruscan Bucchero Chalice with Mythical Beasts, Animals, and Caryatid

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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