CIRCA 425-400 B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE OINOCHOE
CIRCA 425-400 B.C.
10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high

Provenance

with E. Borowski, Basel.
Mrs. H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1958.

Exhibited

On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971.

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Lot Essay

The beautifully cast handle is decorated with a plaque showing a male figure holding a hammer and tongues, possibly representing a blacksmith or Sethlans, the Etruscan god of fire and metalworking. For a similar oinochoe now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cf. inv. no. 44.11.4.

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