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Northern Italy, Etruscan civilization, Villanovan culture, Early Iron Age, ca. 800 to 700 BCE. A pretty diminutive amphora with twin strap handles from the flared rim to the shoulder and incised decorative motifs around its apple-shaped lower body. These include spirals that resemble the distinctive bronze brooches popular in southern Europe at this time, flanked by several vertical parallel lines on either side. The Villanovans inhabited Italy during the early Iron Age, and much of what we know of them comes from excavations of cemeteries (the first at the modern day town of Villanova near Bologna in northern Italy) where they cremated their dead and buried them in pottery urns with a very distinctive, conical shape. On these urns, Villanovans incised geometric motifs using a comb-like tool, probably the same kind of tool they used here. Size: 5.6" Diameter x 5.3" H (14.2 cm x 13.5 cm)

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-East Coast, USA collection, acquired prior to 1979

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#177808

  • Condition: Minor areas of professional repair and restoration to handles, as well as light surface wear as shown. Otherwise, excellent and mostly intact with nice preservation of incised detail.

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