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LOT 0515
Etruscan Bucchero Kantharoid Vessel
CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/8 in. (323 grams, 16 cm wide).
Blackware squat cup with applied vertical flanges and lugs to the body. low everted rim, lateral strap handles with median gusset; restored.
Provenance
From the Steel family collection, 1950s-late 1990s.
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