Etruscan impasto ware cup from Tivoli

M69

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A burnished bucchero ware pottery cup with a tall arched handle, reputedly found in Tivoli. This town is now famed for the remains of Hadrian’s villa but it was already important in the Etruscan period as the seat of the female Tiburtine Sibyl oracle.

Culture
Italy, Etruscan, 7th or early 6th Century BC

Size
10.6 x 11 cms including handle

Condition
General surface wear and chipping as seen in the photographs, no repair or restoration

Provenance
Ex. deceased estate, Paris, France; acquired from older collections formed in the 19th to mid 20th Century. An early 19th Century label on one side is partially legible and indicates that the vessel was found near Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli. A further numerical collector’s label under the base

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