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ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO CHALICE

The deep bowl with carinated base supported on four struts: two in the form of korai with hands clasped over their hearts; and two with reticulated double placques of striding winged quadrupeds.
Cf. T. Rasmussen, Bucchero Pottery from Southern Etruria, 1979, p. 95, pl. 26, no. 128-129.
Cf. M. Cristofani, Civiltà degli etruschi, Florence, 1985, 162f, no 6.37.5; Gercke, 123f., no. 66.

Ex A. Abraham collection, New York.

Later 7th-6th Century BC

H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 165
AF0940C
$4,500


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