AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED FOOTED DISH

GENUCILIA GROUP, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN RED-FIGURED FOOTED DISH
GENUCILIA GROUP, CIRCA MID 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The tondo with female head framed by spiral waves, on short pedestal rimmed foot, name inscribed under foot
5 5/8 in. (14.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Private collection, France; acquired from Galerie Serres, France, 1985.
Accompanied by a French passport.

Lot Essay

The term Genucilia derives from an example, now in Providence, inscribed with the name of the plate's owner, P. Genucilia. These Genucilia plates were often dedicated at sanctuaries.
For the Genucilia group cf. I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Mainz, 1991, pp. 247-248, nos. 316-319 and G. Camporeale, The Etruscans Outside Etruria, Getty Museum, 2004, p 271.

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