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LOT 0579

Etruscan Terracotta Impasto Kyathos

CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.

5 1/4 in. (153 grams, 13.5 cm).

With low profile and narrow flat base, elaborate handle with crescent-shaped terminal and horizontal ridges below on the facing side; three small evenly placed bosses to the outer rim of the bowl. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of a South German artist and art collector, 1960 -1980.
Ex Nagel Auktionen, 9 September 2014, lot 223(part).
Ancient Resource Auctions, California, USA, 6 February 2016, lot 94A.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 16.01.

Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue page including description and photograph.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Literature

Cf. CVA Roma, Museo Preistorico L. Pigorini 1, Veio 5, pl.(1013) 2.3., for a smaller parallel dated to the 8th century B.C.; see also Cassani, Art of the italic Peoples, p.121, no.44, for a cup with a similar treatment of the handle.

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LOT 0579

Etruscan Terracotta Impasto Kyathos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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