CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE SITULA
CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, including handle

Provenance

Reputedly from Castiglioncello.
Emo (1898-1974) and Paolina (1903-1993) Fornai, California, brought to the U.S., 1953; thence by descent to the current owner, U.S.

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Lot Essay

The body of this fine vessel is decorated with ornament including ovolo on the foot and rim, bands of lotus buds, adorsed palmettes, and descending palmettes, and tongues on the shoulders. On the handle are two birds with heads turned back, and upturned lotus-bud knob finials. For a situla of similar form, see p. 90, no. 25 in C. Pirovano, ed., L’Etruria mineraria.

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