STUNNING PAIR OF ETRUSCAN ARYBALLOI WITH RUNNING HOUNDS
Ca. 625 - 575 BC. A pair of terracotta aryballoi, each with an inverted piriform body tapering to a narrow base, a short neck, a broad flat disc mouth, and a single vertical loop handle. The shoulder of each vessel is decorated with a frieze of running hounds. Dense horizontal bands encircle the body, with broader dark bands around the lower section and concentric rings on the disc mouth. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 96.9.14. Size: 70-85mm x 45-55mm; Weight: 95g Provenance: From a private London collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a Swiss collection formed between the 1980s and 2000s.
Ca. 625 - 575 BC. A pair of terracotta aryballoi, each with an inverted piriform body tapering to a narrow base, a short neck, a broad flat disc mouth, and a single vertical loop handle. The shoulder of each vessel is decorated with a frieze of running hounds. Dense horizontal bands encircle the body, with broader dark bands around the lower section and concentric rings on the disc mouth. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 96.9.14. Size: 70-85mm x 45-55mm; Weight: 95g Provenance: From a private London collection; purchased in Germany; earlier part of a Swiss collection formed between the 1980s and 2000s.
