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LOT 0495
Villanovan Terracotta Impasto Kylix with Zoomorphic Finials
10TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (265 grams, 18 cm).
Thin-walled with two elegant loop handles topped by stylised zoomorphic finials, carinated body with the lower part sloping sharply inwards to a small round foot, two small lobes to the carinated edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Formerly in a private New Jersey, USA, collection, acquired before 1997.
Artemis Gallery, Colorado, USA, 18 May 2017, lot 18D.
Property of a South Australian private collector, with collection reference 17.03.
Accompanied by a detailed collector's catalogue page including description and photograph.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0495
Villanovan Terracotta Impasto Kylix with Zoomorphic Finials
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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