Etruscan Painted Terracotta Architectural Cornice

5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

13 1/2 in. (5.1 kg, 34.5 cm wide).

A fragment of amorphous form, decorated in relief with scrolling tendrils and anthemion, painted egg-and-dart ornament above, surmounted by moulded bands and a frieze of meander and chequerboard panels; remains of red and black painted pigment.

Provenance

Private collection, Switzerland, 1960s.
From the Sir Claude Hankes-Drielsma collection, prior to 2006.
with Christie's, London, The Stanford Place Collection of Antiquities, 26 April 2006, lot 36.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00209802, dated 14 June 2021.
Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.203716.

CONDITION

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