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AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA CINERARY URN LID
- CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA CINERARY URN LID
CIRCA MID 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $10,158
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000

Sale Information

Sale 1314
ANTIQUITIES
11 December 2003
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA CINERARY URN LID
Circa Mid 2nd Century B.C.
Molded with the deceased reclining with her supporting left elbow upon two pillows, the female figure wearing a sleeveless peplos and a mantle draped over her legs and pulled up over her head as a veil, a shallow bowl in her extended right hand
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Stirt Collection, Switzerland.
with F. Waldner, Munich, early 1970s.