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.
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
This extremely rare piece is a bronze horse that was cast in one solid piece. This piece is from the mysterious Etruscan culture and was made circa 8th century B.C. This piece is extremely early for the culture, and this can be seen relative to the artistic style with the elongated neck. This piece was probably part of a necklace that may have been votive, and was most likely thought to have been shamanistic in nature. The stylized horse seen here may have been created as a "spirit" type ani... Click for details
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.
This piece is a fine example of an early Italic bronze that is probably Villanovan and/or early Etruscan. This piece dates circa 6th century B.C. and is in the form of a standing Kouros. This form is a Greek convention of art which was derived from earlier Egyptian statuary, which was geometric in design, rather than realistic in form. This piece was cast as one solid mass and was then stamped with round circles for the eyes and nipples. This piece has a serene face and looks alive with the ... Click for details
This scarce piece is an Etruscan bronze cauldron foot that is in the form of a winged female. This piece dates circa 5th-4th century BC., and is approximately 4.5 inches high. This winged female probably represents a Harpy, who was a mythical creature that was part woman, with huge claws, and she was also part bird with bird's wings. The Harpies were known to the Greeks and the Etruscans as having carried off Camiro and Clytia, the duaghters of Pandarus of Crete, as a punishment for his compl... Click for details
Terracotta with red pigment. In the form of the hollow head of a woman, the wavy hair parted at the center. Long oval face with heavily lidded eyes under soft arching brows, the thick lips pursed, the square chin dimpled. Circa 5th Century B.C.E. In excellent condition, on custom stand. 13 1/2" high.
Molded terracotta, realistic portrait of a child, rounded face, full cheeks with smile on his lips, incised wavy short hair,chips on nose, side of head, and flake on top, otherwise in good condition, on custom mount, from Magna Graecia area, circa 700 B.C.E., 6 1/2" high
"Bucchero" jug in the shape of a trifoiled oinochoe,decorated with an extraordinary human face on top of the handle. Bucchero: A type of Etruscan pottery common from the 8th. to the 4th. Centuries BC,black or gray in colour with a glossy finish. Central-North Italy (Tuscany or Bologna area) Etruscan culture of 7th. Cent. BC. In very good condition. Restored. H:19cm
Globular vessel on low ring foot and domed openwork base. Decorated with rosettes, the upper portion impressed with undulating bands. Functioned as banquet warmer or possible incense burner stand. 21 3/4" high. Circa 1st Half of 7th Century B.C. E. In excellent condition with few chips to rim. Ex: Pino Donati, Lugano Italy. Published: Testimonianze d'arte Etrusca in Collezioni Private Ticinesi, Lugano, 1986, no. 1.7, illus.
