A Villanovan Biconical Pottery Cinerary Urn, 2nd half of the 8th/early 7th Century B.C.

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Estimate

5,500 - 8,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

with rounded shoulder, single strap handle, broad tapering neck, and domed lid with tall knobbed finial, the entire surface coated in red slip, resting on a circular tufa base.

Total height 58.5 cm.

Francesco Genova, Galleria antiquaria, Palazzo Querini Dubois, Venice

Ligabue Collection, Venice, acquired from the above on December 18th, 1957

private collection, Switzerland

by descent to the present owner

Published

Jacques Chamay, ed., L'art des peuples italiques: 3000 à 300 ans avant J.-C., exh. cat, Musée Rath, Geneva, November 6th, 1993-February 13th, 1994, Naples, 1993, p. 96, no. 4

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