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Etrusco-Corinthian Aryballos with Lions, 580-560 BC

Globular vase decorated with three lions facing right. Neat incisions on the heads, purple for the manes which surround the shoulders.

The short tails raised over the backs. Dot rosettes with incised crosses in the field.

Etruscan imitation of contemporary Corinthian wares. Close in style to the circle of the Züst Painter, who is considered in the third generation of the Vulci-school.
For the Züst Painter cf. pp. 408-412 and pl. 166-168 in: János György Szilágyi. Ceramica Etrusco-Corinzia Figurata. Florence 1998.

Rim fragments and shard out of the body reattached. Crazes fixed. Fine preservation.

H. 8.1 cm (3.2 in)

German collection, acquired in the 1950s.

1300 USD