Classical World, Etruria (Italy), ca. 6th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe (pouring vessel) with a thick strap handle that flows from the thin, flared rim down to the rounded shoulder. The cylindrical neck gradually tapers towards a raised neck ring, and below is an apple-shaped body sitting atop an integral discoid foot. This type of jug may have been made specifically to be buried with offerings, as was the intention with much fine Etruscan pottery. Etruscan bucchero, produced in central Italy between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE, is characterized by its smooth clay and black shiny, polished surface. Objects in this style have been found in tombs around modern Tuscany and northern Lazio, and as exported wares as far afield as North Africa and Spain. Size: 3.375" W x 5.5" H (8.6 cm x 14 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection, acquired from Artemis Gallery; ex-Art for Eternity, New York, New York, USA; ex-private Aachen collection, Germany, acquired in the 1950s or 1960s

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Small, faint area of repair to rim with very minor nicks along break line. Minor nicks to base, handle, and rim, and some light abrasions. Light earthen deposits throughout.