LOT 0077

Etruscan Impasto Chalice

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

8 7/8 in. (755 grams, 22.5 cm).

With ribbed stem tapering to a low wide bowl; four loop handles on outside of bowl connecting outer lip of inverted rim to bowl; inside with nine wide equidistant grooves to centre of grooved circle at base of bowl; some restoration.

From the George R. Francoeur Trust, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with collection inventory no.319; acquired in 1982.
Ex Hindman Auctions, Chicago, USA, sale, lot 72.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.09.

Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Accompanied by a Francoeur Trust inventory card with inventory number 82.319), along with collection label 319 to its base.
George R. Francoeur (1934-2019) received his Master’s Degree of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and was a dedicated arts teacher for many years at Cranbrook Academy of Arts. His collection of ancient art was offered at auction by Hindman Auctions, with the proceeds benefiting the George R. Francoeur Scholarship Fund at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Cf. De Puma, R., Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, The Paul Getty Museum – Malibu, Etruscan Impasto and Bucchero, Malibu, 1996, pl.319, for similar example with higher neck.

Impasto and bucchero also share techniques that were used to form and decorate the vessels. Bucchero chalices with distinctive fluted walls were popular products during the first half of the 6th century B.C. at a number of Etruscan sites. It is likely that the inspiration for fluted chalices came from metalwork. Undecorated examples have been found at Poggio Buco.