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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A MASSIVE ETRUSCAN IMPASTO DOLIUM
CIRCA 550-530 B.C.
Details
A MASSIVE ETRUSCAN IMPASTO DOLIUM
Circa 550-530 B.C.
Of burnished red fabric, the tall conical body on a flat base, with rounded shoulders and a wide mouth, the body with raised vertical lines, zig-zag and horizontal bands below, a stamped frieze above of twenty-six winged sphinxes walking to the right, each within a rectangular frame, a band above of dot-and-ring bosses from which descend cascading and overlapping lines
39½ in. (100.3 cm) high
Circa 550-530 B.C.
Of burnished red fabric, the tall conical body on a flat base, with rounded shoulders and a wide mouth, the body with raised vertical lines, zig-zag and horizontal bands below, a stamped frieze above of twenty-six winged sphinxes walking to the right, each within a rectangular frame, a band above of dot-and-ring bosses from which descend cascading and overlapping lines
39½ in. (100.3 cm) high
Provenance
Asian Collection, purchased between 1968-1972