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Miniature Etruscan bucchero olpe found in Sezze area

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Object number
AR2622
Object: Miniature etruscan olpe
Voluminous jug with flat handle

Material: Clay with glossy black slip
So-called bucchero

Date: 7th - 6th century BC
Etruscan culture

Description:    Voluminous slightly ovoid jug with small steep shoulder and short broad neck. With flat handle and flat base.

Size: Height 70 mm, diameter 73 cm (incl. handle).

Condition: Nicely preserve, with patina.

References: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Todi, Museo Comunale, IV E b, Pl. 14.9

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.

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