Etruscan amphora with flat handles found at Tarquinia
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AR2413
| Object: |
Etruscan amphora with flat handles
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| Material: |
Clay with glossy black slip Bucchero sottile |
| Date: |
Last quarter of 7th century BC Etruscan culture |
| Description: |
Amphora with trumpet-shaped mouth, long neck widening towards the shoulder, a clearly separated shoulder and ovoid body. Flat, thin handles connect the mouth with the shoulder. Small, flat base. Decorated with comb pattern (thin vertical lines carved into the body).
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| Size: |
Height 10.1 cm, diameter with handle 10.5 cm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, worth the exhibition at a museum. Merely very small chips at mouth and hair crack at neck, otherwise undamaged. Fine pottery with thin walls. The black bucchero slip is very well preserved, attractive patina inside.
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| Reference: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Bochum, Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität 3, p. 45, Pl. 28.5 With detailed discussion of this type and further literature & references. |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German collection Grüninger which was composed over several generations. Acquired 1959 at the German art market. Said to be found at Tarquinia.
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| Authenticity: |
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