Etruscan bucchero ware lidded stamnos, Early 6th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 28cm
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Stamnos with spherical body, two upward-flaring handles attached at the shoulder, the bulbous shape tapering to a spreading conical foot. The stamnos is decorated on the shoulder with three thin...
Stamnos with spherical body, two upward-flaring handles attached at the shoulder, the bulbous shape tapering to a spreading conical foot. The stamnos is decorated on the shoulder with three thin incised lines which sit above a stamped decorative band of figures and horses. The lower section of the lid is straight sided and decorated with a stamped guilloche design, echoing the decoration on the body, the disc-knot has a tall stem. The surface of the vessel is burnished black. Wear and minor chips in places, including to the areas of the relief, recomposed from fragments, some surface wear touched in.
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium; acquired c.1960s-1970s (with old collection labels on the underside of the foot in ink 'Etr OCVII' and a corresponding one on the underside of the lid 'Etr. OCVIIA')Archea Ancient Art, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Private collection, the Netherlands; acquired from the above 23rd June 2006
