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LOT 0055
Monumental Early Etruscan Impasto Kyathos
7TH CENTURY B.C.
9 7/8 in. (1.18 kg, 25 cm wide).
Fluted body tapering to a narrow foot, the shoulders decorated with tiered bosses, short neck with flared mouth; wide handle perforated with a triangle.
ProvenanceEstate of Mr Bruno Fellinger (1926-2016), Küsnacht, Switzerland.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12648-236390.
Cf. Hall Dohan, E., Italic Tomb-Groups in the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1942, p.83, no.7, pl.44, Vulci Tomb 51, for a smaller parallel; see also Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 26.60.44, for a very similar piece.
FootnotesBuccheroid impasto is the name attributed by modern archaeologists to wheel thrown pottery. The clay in these specimens is less refined, and the firing techniques less precise than in the later bucchero ware.
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LOT 0055
Monumental Early Etruscan Impasto Kyathos
Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)
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