**Originally Listed At $750**

Classical World, Italy, Etruria, ca. early 6th century BCE. A wonderful wheel-thrown pottery amphora with a petite circular base, an apple-shaped body with a rounded shoulder, a conical neck with a flared rim, and a pair of applied strap handles joining rim to shoulder. The highly-burnished vessel boasts a register of incised linear striations which mimic a horizontal ladder, and the entire vessel is enveloped in a lustrous jet-black glaze. Bucchero is a specifically-Etruscan style for firing pottery which, given the oxygen-deprived environment within the kiln, results in a smooth, shiny finish. This type of vessel may have been buried with offerings in the tomb of a recently-deceased individual, as was the case for much fine Etruscan pottery. Size: 5.25" W x 6.625" H (13.3 cm x 16.8 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Frances Artuner collection, Belgium, acquired in the 1960s

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.

We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.

#144092

Restoration to one handle with overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor abrasions and nicks to rim, handles, body, and base, with fading to original glaze coloration, and softening to some incised striations. Light earthen deposits throughout.