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Lot 87*

An Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn and lid

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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An Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn and lid
Circa 3rd-1st Century B.C.
The lid in the form of the figure of the deceased, reclining and draped in a himation, resting a phiale on the right bent knee, the base of plain rectangular chest form, the base 40cm x 25cm; 47cm high (incl. lid)

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Provenance:
Count Aluffi-Piccolomini-Pentini collection, Siena.
with Fallani, Rome.
Private collection, New Mexico, acquired from the above in July 1968 and exported under license.

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