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Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 in. (170 grams, 13 cm wide).
Modelled with wide and squat body; raised, biforal handle, saddle-shaped on top and grooved on the front with cross-hatch below; small projections emerging from the sides and an incised zigzag line around the lower body.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Carlton collection, Los Angeles, acquired 1965-1980.
Acquired from Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 21 November 2017, lot 24.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 17.08.
Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.
Accompanied by an Artemis certificate of authenticity dated 27 November 2017.
LITERATURE:
See Di Genarro et al., “Early Iron Age Tombs at Crustumerium (Rome), ca. 850-725BC”, in Palaeohistoria, 57/58 (2015/2016), p.123.
FOOTNOTES:
Di Genarro notes that the pottery forms appearing as standard grave goods are designed for containing, serving and drinking a beverage, which suggests the consumption of wine as a focus of funerary ideology.
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