Etruscan
An Etruscan Bucchero ware pottery handle depicting a warrior, Archaic Period, early 6th century BC
Pottery
Height: 15 cm
From a monumental vessel, probably a hydria, with stamped relief decoration of a warrior walking to the left, in profile, wearing a Corinthian helmet and holding his spears before him....
From a monumental vessel, probably a hydria, with stamped relief decoration of a warrior walking to the left, in profile, wearing a Corinthian helmet and holding his spears before him. Such vessels were inspired by metal prototypes. There is an old collection number on the reverse in white ink, '139'
Provenance
New York private collection, thence by descent until 1980
With Antiquarium Limited, New York, 1981
Literature
There is a closely-related handle on a large bucchero hydria in the museo archeologico, Cenacolo di Fuligno, Florence.
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