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LOT 0502
Villanovan Terracotta Two-Handled Bowl
9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C.
5 1/4 in. (221 grams, 13.4 cm wide).
A squat vessel with a small base, raised neck and slightly projecting rim, carinated shoulder with two projecting bosses and a pair of high strap handles.
Provenance
Old Basel private collection.
Elsa Bloch-Diener, Antike Kunst, Bern, 27 July 1990.
Private collection, Bern, Switzerland.
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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