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LOT 0612
Villanovan Bronze Situla
7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (143 grams, 94 mm).
Formed of hammered sheet, the concave body with a rounded narrow base, sharply carinated shoulders, short neck and a flaring rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx 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.
Cf. a similar but not identical cup in Various, Guerrieri Principi ed Eroi fra il Danubio e il Po dalla Preistoria all'Alto Medioevo, Trento, 2004, p.626, fig.5.35; see also pp.640, 643.
FootnotesSimilar cups were used as grave goods in the Villanovan necropolises of Northern Italy. They were imitations of the bronze embossed ossuary situlae, which contained the bones of the deceased. They were often closed with bronze cups that served as lids.
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