AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY HOLMOS

CIRCA 700-650 B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY HOLMOS
CIRCA 700-650 B.C.
The fenestrated stand decorated in red, with a conical upper element encircled by concentric bands on the interior and exterior, a spherical element below, bisected horizontally by two raised ridges, with cut out rectangles, the upper hemisphere with a row of stylized herons moving to the right, the lower with rays, an ovoid element below, with cut out triangles above two raised horizontal ridges, a row of stylized herons moving to the right on its upper surface, the lower portion and most of the foot modern
29¾ in. (75.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Swiss Private Collection, Basel, acquired in the 1970s.
Anonymouse sale; Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 18 October 2002, lot 194.

Lot Essay

This holmos belongs to the "metope class," which was manufactured in workshops founded by Euboean immigrants in southern Etruria. The inclusion of herons (aironi) is typical of Caeretan examples. See p. 204 and nos. 269 and 276-277 in Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans.

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