Etruscan kantharos with high handles found in Sezze area
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Object number
AR2621
| Object: |
Etruscan kantharos (cup used for drinking wine)
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| Material: |
Fine clay with black slip Etruscan bucchero |
| Date: |
Late 7th - 1st half of 6th century BC Etruscan culture |
| Description: |
Cup with deep bowl, short pedestal foot and pair of high-swung flat handles which extend above the lip.
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| Size: |
Height 14.1 cm with and 8.7 cm without handles, diameter 17.2 with and 12.3 without handles.
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| Condition: |
Fine pottery with thin walls. Professionally restored from several fragments, foot and handles reconstructed.
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Mannheim, Reiss-Museum 1, S. 50, Taf. 38.12 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Erlangen, Antikensammlung der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität 1, 67-68, Beilage 13.1, Taf. 45.3 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 2, IV.B.L.1, Taf. 6.5 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, London, British Museum 7, IV.B.A.17-IV.B.A.18, Taf. 23.25-26 |
| 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. |
| Authenticity: |
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