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LOT 0112
Villanovan Impasto Biconical Urn
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
9 7/8 in. (2 kg, 25 cm high).
Black burnished ceramic urn with conical lower body, two flared loop handles, bell-shaped upper body and flat everted rim; band of incised chevrons to the equator, horizontal linear bands and ropework key patterns; one handle restored.
ProvenanceEx private Orange Country collection.
with Ancient Resources Auctions, Auction 34, 14 September 2014, lot 246.
Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
See Morandi, L., Early Iron Age Finds from the Villanovan cemetery of Colle Baroncio: remarks on early Vetulonia and its connections, in Mediterranean Archaeology, 2013.
FootnotesSuch urns were often deposited with the cremated remains inside, one handle broken off (perhaps part of the funerary rites) and in some case a bronze crested helmet placed over the top of the urn.
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