Etruscan Terracotta Votive Ex-Christie's

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #751748
BAWK

Important example! Ancient Etruscan Terracotta Votive Figure, ca. late 3rd / early 2nd century B.C. Elongated, stylized figure with a crudely 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. Represents ... Click for details

Nice, Ancient Etruscan Pottery Female Torso - 500 BC

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #750677
IM-30708e

This is a very nice ancient Etruscan terracotta figure depicting the torso of a female.

Dates to circa 500 BC.

Breasts, long hair nad both arms visible. The piece measures 91 mm (3.5") in length and 77 mm (3") in width. A sizable fragment.

Interestingly, on the rever... Click for details

Etrusco-Corinthian Aryballos

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #746372
BD2325

Ancient Corinthian Greek Aryballos, ca. 600-580 B.C. Round-bodied terracotta pottery vessel with flat rim and small handle, original added painted decoration of lotus flowers and buds, a star below the handle. Used in antiquity to hold perfumed oil. Corinth was a major exporter of small decorative aryballoi. 2-5/16”H, intact/in generally excellent condition. For reference, See no. 368 in John Boardman's History of Greek Vases (London 2001) for a Corinthian aryballos decorated with quatrefoil... 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

Ancient Etruscan Large Pottery Bowl

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #726174
a585

A lovely Etruscan pottery bowl with wreath design decorating outer flared rim. Small section of rim rejoined otherwise intact with no re-painting.

Measures 190mm diameter, 125mm height.

Dating to circa 600 BC. Ex Dr A Andrews Collection.

Apulian Blackware Juglet

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #702753
BD2223

A cute form! Ancient blackware pottery single-handled cup, or Olpe, from the Greek colonies of Apulia, located in southeastern Italy, ca. 4th century B.C. A miniature vessel, just 2-1/2"H, in excellent to choice condition with areas of silvery iridescence, and minor chips and a bit of glaze loss.

PROVENANCE: Ex-private German Coll... Click for details

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

Ancient Etruscan Beaked Oinochoe ,Classical Antiquities

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #642019
GD-343

This is an extremely rare piece of Etruscan pottery. Measuring 9 inches tall with a rich black patina. Tendrils painted in orange around the body, shoulder and spout area. In absolutely perfect condition said for some encrustation on the surface of the vessel and some misfiring at the base. This ancient ceramic dates to approximately 600 B.C. and is from the ancient Etruscan city of Veio.

Provenance: Private German... Click for details

Ancient Terracotta Palmette

Etruscan Pre AD 1000: item #613457

An Etruscan terracotta palmette broken from a large container or perhaps part of an antefix. Palmettes were popular in Greek, Etruscan and Roman art as decorative motifs. The shape is perhaps based on the fan shape of a palm frond.Intact and carefully modeled with considerable gesso and some color remaining.Height 11.5cm, Width 12cm. Circa 4th Cent BCE Purchased in Cologne in the mid seventies.