Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos, ex-Ede

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #980735
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Ancient Etruscan Bucchero Kantharos, ca. 625 - 550 B.C. Black, thin-walled vessel of a type popular throughout Etruria. The bowl portion is deep with sunken floor and crisply angled sides augmented with high ribbon handles with a slightly concave upper surface. The decoration consists of two incised horizontal bands just below the rim and a diamond-notched carination. The foot is narrow at the junction of the bowl and radiates to a substantial circular base. 4-1/2"H x 6-1/2"W including handl... Click for details

Etruscan Votive Foot

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #979127
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From ancient Etruria, Votive Foot, ca. 5th century B.C. made of terracotta containing liberal amounts of naturally occurring mica in the clay. Collection label :"PIEDE DI FABRICAZION ETRUSCA (VEIO) V SEC. A.C." - Foot of Etruscan manufacture (Veio) Ca. 5th century B.C. This type of offering would have been left at a temple asking the gods to cure an ailment afflicting the foot of offerer. 5-1/8"L x 2-3/4"H, intact and choice - rare to find this nice! ... Click for details

Ancient Etruscan Amphora

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #979122
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Rare and very fine! Ancient Etruscan Terracotta Amphora, ca. 4th century B.C. Made using the Six's technique (a technique used by Attic black-figure vase painters first described by the Dutch scholar Jan Six in 1888. It involves laying on figures in white or red on a black surface and incising the details so that the black shows through), in red slip over-painting and incised, decorated with a woman and a man on both sides. The figures are framed by large palmettes in red mat slip. TL test re... Click for details

Etruscan Red-Figure Askos

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #976852
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A most unusual Etuscan Askos from northern Italy, ca. 400 to 350 BC. Done in red-figure technique, vessels like these were used to hold / pour precious oils. Round body with palmette designs, single bowed handle and flared spout. Areas of the red-ware design have shown signs of deterioration from burial in a more acidic soil. 5-1/2"D x 3"H, and save repaired break, is in very good condition.
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Large Etruscan Terracotta Votive

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #966239
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Large Etruscan Terracotta Votive, ca. Late 3rd-Early 2nd Century B.C. The elongated, stylized figure of a male youth with molded head, the lidded eyes with articulated pupils, the mouth severe, with a mantle pulled up over the back of the head and falling in a single U-shaped fold, a hand in relief on the lower abdomen above the base of the U, the lower body reduced to a cylindrical shaft with drapery folds in low relief, preserving some red pigment throughout. Figures such as this were left at... Click for details

Ancient Etruscan small bronze bust mount

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #937209
a583

A beautiful Etruscan bronze bust with superb facial detail and lovely green patina. The reverse with pin, once an attachment as a decorative mount.

Dating to circa 600BC

Measures 28mm height.

Ex-UK private collection.

Daunian Olla - Magna Grecia Olla Subgeometrica Dauna

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #862413
GD-357

A large Daunian Greek Olla ca. 4th century BC. Having twin opposing loop handles and wide flat funnel rim. Overall loss to the painted geometric decoration and three large rim chips. Measures 9" inches wide. Rare!

Estate of Renee Neuw, acquired 35 years ago.

For ref. see: Cassani, Silvia, "The Art of The Italic Peoples from 3000 to 3... Click for details

Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head of a Male Youth

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #742702
1471

Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head of a Male Youth of hollow form. Serene expression with heavily lidded eyes and face framed with ringlets of curls. Circa 3rd Century BCE. In excellent condition. Intact with some internal stabilization. Nose restored. Head is 9 1/4" high. On custom stand.

Ancient Villanovan Blackware Pottery Cup ; Antiquities

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #738754
GD-357

Here you find an ancient Villanovan blackware impasto pottery cup. It has nice growth deposits and a high looping handle. It dates to approx the 7th century B.C. The Villanovan Culture was located in what is today the Bologna area of Northen Italy. This vessel is intact and measures 4 7/8” in height.

Provenance: Harmer Rooke Art Gallery

Etruscan Genucilia Patera 370 - 350 B.C Anitquities

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #702574
GD-351

Here you find an Etruscan Genucilia Patera from circa 370 to 350 B.C. Small plates of this type are characteristic of local production influenced by Greek mainland styles. The Genucilia Group comprises of a group of plates produced in Etruria (modern day central Italy) in the 4th century B.C. Mainly manufactured by workshops of Ionic potters who settled in Vulci. The patera itself is a shallow footed bowl used to make offerings which also found itself used by the Romans after the fall of Etrusc... Click for details