Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 77*
A large Etruscan ribbon-handled bucchero amphora
6 July 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £22,750 inc. premium
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Anna Marston
Associate Specialist
A large Etruscan ribbon-handled bucchero amphora
Circa 570-540 B.C.
The ovoid body decorated with raised bands at the belly and beneath the shoulder, with incised half-fan motifs between and above, an incised dotted band on the flared foot, with four strap handles joining the everted rim and the base of the flaring cylindrical neck, each decorated with a frieze, surmounted by a half-fan motif, of two striding lions with curling tails led by a panther, the face turned frontally, 46cm high
Circa 570-540 B.C.
The ovoid body decorated with raised bands at the belly and beneath the shoulder, with incised half-fan motifs between and above, an incised dotted band on the flared foot, with four strap handles joining the everted rim and the base of the flaring cylindrical neck, each decorated with a frieze, surmounted by a half-fan motif, of two striding lions with curling tails led by a panther, the face turned frontally, 46cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
with Galerie Palladion, Basel, 1970s.
D. G. collection, acquired from the above 18 September 1979.
Bucchero amphorae of this scale, with four ribbon handles, are exceedingly rare; cf. a smaller example, with only two handles, in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, acc. no. 1998.345. The most striking features of the ribbon-handle amphorae are the spindle-shaped body and the wide, flat handles. In Athens, the potter Nikosthenes took up this shape and produced Attic vessels for export to Etruria, which are known as Nikosthenic amphorae.