Lot 37
37
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE PATERA
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE PATERA

LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE PATERA
LATE 4TH CENTURY B.C.
With 'Suthina' inscription on the interior
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) diam. excl. handle
Provenance
with Ken-ichi Kanazawa, Tokyo.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1990.

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Lot Essay

For similar paterae see acc. nos 03.24.9 and 03.24.4 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The retrograde incised inscription reading 'Suthina' translates as 'for the tomb' and signified the item was not meant to be used again by the living.

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