TWO ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORAE
Lot 873 The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor

TWO ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORAE

CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Closed16 December 2011

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TWO ETRUSCAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORAE
CIRCA LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Each with a central decorative panel on either side, one with a bird with outstretched wings on both sides, framed by straight and wavy vertical bands, laurel on the neck, rays above the foot; the other with two figures on one side, one with his hands outstretched, two figures and a bird on the other side, framed by vertical bands of key, tongues above, ivy vine on the neck, rays above the foot; together with a Roman glass unguentarium, circa 1st century A.D.; an Etruscan-style terracotta votive head; and a Roman-style glass grape flask
the tallest: 10 in. (26.4 cm.) high (5)

Unguentarium: with Barakat, Beverly Hills, mid 1980s.
All other items: Acquired in California before 2000.