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Lot 17a
A large bronze jug and bowl
Estimated Value:
3.000 € - 5.000 €
Result:
3.237 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Etruscan, 5th century B.C.H. 30 und 4,4 cm
The bowl and jug look and work together. Both are heavy and have a 2 mm thick wall. The bowl is very simple and only has a rim profile. The jug has a stepped neck and a trefoil rim, the handle is fluted and ends in an oval base. Grüne, partly brownish patina with encrusted sand.
Important private collection Rhineland, acquired on 14.5.1960, lot 115 at Ars Antigua AG Lucerne, published in the catalogue Antique Works of Art, auction II, publ. plate 47 with text description, by descent within the family to the present owner
See a similar jug sold at Sotheby's London, 5.7.2024, lot 106
