AN ETRUSCAN HEAD VASE
circa 350 b.c.
With trefoil mouth and high strap handle, the body in the form of the head of a young African wearing hoop earrings and crowned with laurel, with tightly curling locks visible along the forehead and in front of the ears, the face black-glazed with details in reserve, with a band of ovolo and tongue on the vessel shoulder
8 in. (21 cm) high