Large decorated Etruscian urn with lid - found in Orvieto
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Object number
AR2106
Object: | Urn with lid |
Material: | Red clay with patina |
Dimensions: | Height without lid 34 cm, with lid about 44 cm. Diameter 28 cm. |
Period: | About 9th - 4th century B.C. Iron age, Etruscan epoch |
Condition: | Professionally restored from several fragments, aĆ³ne small part missing. |
Description: |
Bell-shaped urn with conical lid with knob handle. Flat base. Decorated with 6 bands formed by hand (with finger impressions).
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Reference: | For a similar piece, see Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Orvieto, la necropoli di s. concordio, via squaglia, Lucca, 1982 excavation (7th - 6th century B.C.) For the shape, see: G. Gierow, The iron age culture of Latium II. Lund 1964, Taf. 169 Nr. 1; Taf. 178 Nr. 1; Fig 197.2 |
Provenance: | Acquired 2013 in a German auction house. Ex Belgian (and before Dutch) private collection van der Aa, acquired in the 1960s. Reported to have been found in Orvieto |
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