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LOT 0652
Villanovan Bronze Cup
750-730 B.C.
5 in. (183 grams, 12.9 cm).
Hemispherical in profile with flat rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. for a similar example in silver Torelli, M., Gli Etruschi, Monza, 2000, p.160.
Footnotes
In the necropolises of Southern Etruria, around the second half of the 8th century B.C., new technologies were used, which also involved metalworking. Alongside simple bronze cups intended for everyday use, similar magnificent examples containing a flourish of impressed or engraved geometric motifs were made.
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