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Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CIRCA 10TH-MID 8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/8 in. (410 grams, 18 cm).
Formed with a high foot and loop handle to the inturned rim, decorated on the outside rim with a complex pattern of interlocked chevrons perhaps representing two seated figures. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the estate of Mr Robert Onsted (1948-2011).
Ex Malter Galleries Inc, California, USA, 2007.
Palmyra Heritage Gallery, New York, USA, 19 October 2020, lot 141.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.21.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Hencken, H., Tarquinia and Etruscan Origins, London, 1968, p.35.
FOOTNOTES:
Hencken notes that cover-bowls as the lids of urns assume various closely related shapes; if there is ornament, it generally consists of some of the same decoration as is found on urns.
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