AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY AMPHORA
PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY AMPHORA

CIRCA 625-600 B.C.

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AN ETRUSCAN POTTERY AMPHORA
CIRCA 625-600 B.C.
Decorated with a central frieze of fish in profile to the right, narrow bands and rays above and below, a band of dots at the base of the neck, broad bands on the foot, alternating triangles and bands on the neck, zigzag on the strap handles and the flat rim
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1968, lot 110.
Fine Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 20 May 1982, lot 87.

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Lot Essay

For an Etruscan footed bowl with a band of almost-identical fish see no. 4.88b in R.D. De Puma, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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