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LOT 0078
Villanovan Impasto Handled Oinochoe
CIRCA 9TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
11 3/4 in. (2.38 kg, 30 cm high).
Wheel-thrown and with a highly-burnished surface, comprising a protruding foot beneath the globular body, a tapering cylindrical neck and a trefoil-lipped spout, a wide strap handle joining spout to shoulder; decorated with an incised corded motif formin twisting rope patterns around the neck and zigzag across the body; repaired.
ProvenanceEx Richard Brockway, Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
Ex Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, in 1995.
with Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 22 February 2019, lot 48E (US$2,500-3,500).
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 20.07.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
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