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Large Etruscan Impasto Ware Olla, 7th Century BC

Rare Caeretan olla with fairly high belly and marked shoulder. The broad neck inset with a ridge at center and curving out at rim. Standing on a small flat base.

The shape is South Etruscan, similar items have been found at Caere (Cerveteri) – cf. item 18, p. 190f and no. 7, p. 258 in: Maria Bugli. Gli Etruschi e Cerveteri. Milan 1980.

Smooth reddish-brown impasto. Intact except for a small chip out of the rim. Probably hand modeled with fine vertical striations from the burnishing process. Root marks.

H. 13.7 cm (5.4 in)
D. 15.8 cm (6.2 in)

Swiss private collection

1400 USD