AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE ARYBALLOS
AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE ARYBALLOS

CIRCA 675-650 B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO WARE ARYBALLOS
CIRCA 675-650 B.C.
The squat single-handled body with wide horizontal rim, decorated with an incised frieze of eight large and small fish, each with scales or with stripes and dots, a triple cord pattern above and below, with triple cord pattern radiate triangles above the foot, the shoulder with incised volutes radiating from the base of the neck, the rim with cord pattern five-pointed star, four cord lines down the handle, minor foot chip
3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, pp. 178-179, no. 225 for a similarly decorated aryballos.

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