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Etruscan bucchero olpe found in Sezze (Latium)

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Object number
AR2613
Object: Etruscan Olpe
Voluminous jug with high handle

Material: Clay with glossy black slip
So-called bucchero

Date: Last quarter 7th - first half 6th century BC
Etruscan culture

Description:    Voluminous pear-shaped jug with small steep shoulder and broad conical neck decorated with grooves. With high flat handle and ring-shaped base.

Size: Height 12.7 cm, diameter 11 cm (incl. handle).

Condition: Fully preserved with minor wear. Excellent condition.

References: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Parma, Museo Nazionale di Antichita 2, IV.B.BU.7, Pl. 5.8
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Budapest, Musee des Beaux Arts 1, 21-25, Pl. 2.7

Provenance: Acquired 2018 from the German private collection P. Schaefer. Inherited by Mr. Schaefer from his father, August Schaefer, who acquired the objects for his collection end of the 1950s in Augsburg (Germany) from Dr. Bruckner. Since then all objects have been located in Germany. Dr. Bruckner had acquired the objects end of the 1950s in Sezze (Latium, Italy) from a local farmer. All objects were said to have been found in Sezze area.

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