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LOT 0046
Villanovan Black-Glazed Vase
9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
16 1/4 in. (4.5 kg, 41 cm).
Biconical impasto body with broad flaring rim, bell-shaped upper section with bands of incised geometric decoration and impressed roundels, lower section tiered and sharply funicular with narrow flat base, a lateral upturned loop handle; small hole beneath the carination, rim partly restored.
ProvenanceEx Feu Dr. Gonik Et/Ou Feu Me Wirth, Genève.
European private collection.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12205-222203.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession number Eu1987,Q.11; a similar vase-urn in the Walters Art Museum, accession no.48.1872.
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LOT 0046
Villanovan Black-Glazed Vase
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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