Lot Essay
Cf. Exhibition catalogue, Die Etrusker und Europa, Altes Museum Berlin, 1993, p. 264, cat. nos 323, 324 and 327, where it is noted that such vessels were probably made for export.
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CIRCA 550-500 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE OINOCHOE
CIRCA 550-500 B.C.
The broad-shouldered body tapering to a flat base, with a short neck, the trefoil mouth angled upward with a long spout and flat rim everted, the handle terminating in a palmette below, the join to the rim terminating in recumbent felines
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
CIRCA 550-500 B.C.
The broad-shouldered body tapering to a flat base, with a short neck, the trefoil mouth angled upward with a long spout and flat rim everted, the handle terminating in a palmette below, the join to the rim terminating in recumbent felines
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
with J.-Ph. Mariaud de Serres, Paris, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1995.
Brought to you by
Georgiana Aitken