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LOT 0056
Etruscan Terracotta Alabastron
6TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 in. (87 grams, 13.1 cm).
Capsule-shaped with cylindrical neck and flange rim decorated with pellets; solid coloured band to the shoulder above a frieze of racing hounds; band of pellets below; broad strap handle beneath the rim.
ProvenanceEx Ancienne collection, W. Hartmann de Geneva.
European private collection.
Cf. British Museum reference number 1899,1229.6, for a vessel of similar form in glass.
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