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CIRCA FIRST HALF OF THE 7TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN MONUMENTAL ITALIC IMPASTO AMPHORA
circa first half of the 7th century b.c.
The nearly-spherical body with incised decoration throughout, including oblique lines framing a palmette with a stylized bird head on each voluted end above two rosettes, a palmette complex below, a fish below each handle between diagonal lines, birds on either side of the strap handles, the handles with zigzag alternating with vertical stripes, with zigzag above horizontal lines on the neck
20.7/8 in. (53 cm.) high
circa first half of the 7th century b.c.
The nearly-spherical body with incised decoration throughout, including oblique lines framing a palmette with a stylized bird head on each voluted end above two rosettes, a palmette complex below, a fish below each handle between diagonal lines, birds on either side of the strap handles, the handles with zigzag alternating with vertical stripes, with zigzag above horizontal lines on the neck
20.7/8 in. (53 cm.) high