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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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LOT 0502

Villanovan Terracotta Two-Handled Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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