Red clay Holmos, Etruscan, 7th century B.C.
A flat base of 8.7 cm width, above it a strongly bulging mixing vessel, entirely covered with diagonally running fluting. On the shoulder, clearly set off by a sharp bend, a rank, the wall of which is decorated with a row of impressed indentations containing raised triangles. Behind the rank, a deep concave moulding transitions at the top into a funnel-shaped border, set obliquely outwards, with rounded lips. Inside the border, 6 concentric grooves extending to the mouth. Slightly rough surface and occasional incrustations. Otherwise completely intact guard. Height 19.5 cm. Diameter 24.5 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!
Provenance: A private collection from Upper Austria (estate), acquired by the father in the 1980s on the art market in Austria and southern Germany.
355589
Condition: I -
A flat base of 8.7 cm width, above it a strongly bulging mixing vessel, entirely covered with diagonally running fluting. On the shoulder, clearly set off by a sharp bend, a rank, the wall of which is decorated with a row of impressed indentations containing raised triangles. Behind the rank, a deep concave moulding transitions at the top into a funnel-shaped border, set obliquely outwards, with rounded lips. Inside the border, 6 concentric grooves extending to the mouth. Slightly rough surface and occasional incrustations. Otherwise completely intact guard. Height 19.5 cm. Diameter 24.5 cm. CULTURAL ASSET!
Provenance: A private collection from Upper Austria (estate), acquired by the father in the 1980s on the art market in Austria and southern Germany.
355589
Condition: I -
