Impressive large Etruscan bucchero Oinochoe from old German private collection
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Object number
AR3205
| Object: |
Etruscan Oinochoe Globular jar with tre-foil mouth and handle |
| Material: |
Clay with glossy black slip So-called bucchero |
| Date: |
6th century B.C. Etruscan culture |
| Description: |
Voluminous jar with conic ring base. Globular body decorated with groves, short neck, large tre-foil shaped mouth. Handle attached at mouth and shoulder.
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| Size: |
Height 290 mm, diameter about 200 mm without handle.
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| Condition: |
Impressive vase, professionally restored from fragments, only minor surface wear. Overall excellent condition. Old sticker "3" below the foot, inside sticker with print "1450,-".
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| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Paris, Musée du Louvre 23, Pl. 35.5 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Glasgow, Glasgow collections, Pl. 54.7 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Parma, Museo Nazionale di Antichita 2, IV.B.BU.5, Pl. 4.1 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2021 from the German private collection Dr. Dietrich who acquired the object in 1964 from the estate of a Berlin latin teacher, who allegedly has acquired the vase in South Italy in the 1930s.
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| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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