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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.

Provenance

Ex Ancienne collection, W. Hartmann de Geneva.
European private collection.

Literature

Cf. British Museum reference number 1899,1229.6, for a vessel of similar form in glass.

CONDITION

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LOT 0056

Etruscan Terracotta Alabastron

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170

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