Etruscan bronze ladle - ex Sotheby's
€1,790
available
Object number
AR3026
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Ladle
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| Material: |
Massive bronze
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| Date: |
Late 4th - 3rd century B.C. Late Etruscan |
| Description: |
Ladle with long narrow flat handle, a shallow circular bowl with recessed rim and a swan's head on the end of the handle.
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| Size: |
Length 240 mm, diameter of bowl ca. 60 mm
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| Condition: |
Very good condition, undamaged, with thick patina. Sticker "1167" on bottom of bowl.
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| Reference: |
An almost identical ladle is published in M. Comstock & C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Boston 1971) Nr. 605
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2020 in a British auction house. Prom a North England private collection of a Lady, previously in the collection of her mother Mrs. Allan. Acquired 1967 at Sotheby's & Co New Bond Street, London (auction July 11, 1967, lot 74).
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| Authenticity: |
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