AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED STIRRUP-KRATER

CIRCA 530 B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED STIRRUP-KRATER
CIRCA 530 B.C.
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) wide

Provenance

Said to be from Colombi Collection, Lugano, 1950s.
with Donati, Arte Classica, Lugano.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1990 (One Thousands Years of Ancient Greek Vases from Greece, Etruria & Southern Italy, no. 182).
Antiquities, Superior Galleries, Beverly Hills, 12 March 1994, lot 379.
Private Collection, U.S.
Art Market, Los Angeles.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2018.

Exhibited

Museum of World Treasures, Wichita, 2000-2018.

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Lot Essay

The stirrup-krater was a Laconian specialty, the body typically black-glazed, with the ornament, if any, ususally confined to rays above the foot and decorative bands on the rim. This rare Etruscan version has five fully-armed warriors in combat on one side, and four similar warriors on the other side above a fallen figure. Both scenes are centered by a spread-winged bird flying to the right. The style has much in common with the La Tolfa Group. Compare for example the treatment of the head of the fallen warrior on this krater to that of a running deity on an amphora in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva, pl. 117b in M. Martelli, et al., La Ceramica degli Etruschi.

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