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LOT 0048
Etruscan Bucchero Ware Pottery Handle Depicting a Warrior
ARCHAIC PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY B.C.
9 3/8 in. (333 grams total, 23.7 cm including stand).
Broad, gently curved strap handle with raised lateral borders, low-relief image of a hoplite wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and gripping a tall spear, belt with kopis; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Private collection, New York, thence by descent.
with Antiquarium Limited, New York, 1981.
Literature
Cf. similar handles on a krater in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.16.174.8.
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LOT 0048
Etruscan Bucchero Ware Pottery Handle Depicting a Warrior
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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