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LOT 0516
Villanovan Impasto Cover-Bowl for Biconical Urn
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Hencken, H., Tarquinia and Etruscan Origins, London, 1968, p.35.
FootnotesHencken 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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LOT 0516
Villanovan Impasto Cover-Bowl for Biconical Urn
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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