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LOT 0532

Villanovan Impasto Two-Handled Kyathos

CIRCA 750-650 B.C.

5 7/8 in. (302 grams, 15 cm wide).

With a scalloped profile to the body, scooped shoulder, lateral symmetrical handles rising from the shoulder to the flared rim; chipped.

Provenance

Private collection, Cannes, France.
Ex Setdart Fine Art, Spain.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 23.12.

Accompanied by detailed collector's catalogue pages including description and photograph.

Literature

Cf. for a similar khiatoi (in bucchero) and a khantaros in similar style Camporeale, G., La Tomba del Duce, Firenze, 1947, pls.IX and XI.

Footnotes

Compared to certain types of khantaroi (such as some found in the tomb of the Duce of Vetulonia) the shape of this cup seems more developed in height than in width. These typologies of khiatoi presupposed ceramic rather than metallic models.

CONDITION

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LOT 0532

Villanovan Impasto Two-Handled Kyathos

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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