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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO PESANTE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
CIRCA 550-525 B.C.
Details
AN ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO PESANTE TREFOIL OINOCHOE
Circa 550-525 B.C.
The body with a frieze of six warriors on horseback, all wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and holding the reins in their extended hands, raised bands framed by incised zig-zag above and below, with gadroons on the shoulders, an applied female bust on the neck, similar raised bands and incised zig-zag above and below, on the foot and the rim, the strap handle molded with a grimacing gorgon grasping a pair of rearing winged confronting horses, a molded female head on the interior of the rim at the handle join, and on each rotellae
14 in. (35.6 cm) high
Circa 550-525 B.C.
The body with a frieze of six warriors on horseback, all wearing a crested Corinthian helmet and holding the reins in their extended hands, raised bands framed by incised zig-zag above and below, with gadroons on the shoulders, an applied female bust on the neck, similar raised bands and incised zig-zag above and below, on the foot and the rim, the strap handle molded with a grimacing gorgon grasping a pair of rearing winged confronting horses, a molded female head on the interior of the rim at the handle join, and on each rotellae
14 in. (35.6 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 1 June 1995, lot 65