Etrusco-corinthian alabastron
Price: on request
Sold
Object number
AR2458
| Object: |
Etrusco-corinthian alabastron
|
| Material: |
Red clay with black and red painting
|
| Date: |
Second half 7th till early 6th century B.C. Etruscan imitation of the linear Late Proto-Corinthian Payne type, which was produced until the Early Corinthian period. |
| Description: |
Pear-shaped vessel with small foot, flat base. Thin cylindrical neck, wide flat discus-shaped mouth, flat handle. Foot and body decorated with black and red bands. Band of tongues on shoulder, band of dots on the discus. |
| Size: |
Height 100 mm, diameter 49 mm
|
| Condition: |
Good condition, small restoration at discus. Body undamaged, painting widely preserved. Mounted on a plexiglass base for display.
|
| References: |
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Milano, Collezione H A 2, Pl. 7.5-6 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Leipzig, Archäologisches Institut der Karl-Marx-Universität, Pl. 22.4 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler July 19th, 1965 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany. Reported to have been found in Apulia (Italy).
|
| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
|