ETRUSCAN BUCCHERO AMPHORA

With an ovoid body and wide cylindrical neck, the torus foot with tapering stem, the strap handles joined to the disk rim, surmounted by projecting finials with molded female masks, knobs on the rim between.
Circa 550 – 500 B.C.
 
12 1/2” high

Provenance: with Spink & Son, London.
                           W. Randolph Hearst, San Simeon
                     (Parke-Bernet Galleries,4/63, lot 117)
                      Hugo Dreyfuss Collection

 


AA02K6-156