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Large erfectly preserved early Etruscan Bucchero Oinochoe

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Object number
AR3008
Object: Etruscan Oinochoe
Ovoid jar with tre-foil mouth and flat handle

Material: Fine clay with glossy black slip
So-called bucchero

Date: 7th century B.C.
Etruscan

Description:    Voluminous jar with cone-shaped base. Ovoid body with softly bent shoulder, high neck strongly opening towards the top, tre-foil shaped mouth. A distinct rdge separated shoulder and neck. Flat handle attached at mouth and shoulder, on mouth triangular leaf to each side.
Body decorated with high band of fine vertical grooves, above and below three sharp horizontal grooves.

Size: Height with handle 279 mm, diameter 173 mm

Condition: Absolutely perfectly preserved, worth the exhibition in a museum. Glossy black slip, only very minor wear, unavoidable for a 2700 years old vase.

References: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musee du Louvre 23, Pl. 15.4
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Ostschweiz Ticcino 1, Pl. 30.18
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. London, British Museum 7, Pl. 22. 6 (not decorated)

Provenance: Acquired in 2020 from the legacy of a German private collector. Acquired in Rome between 1970 and 1975.

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