Impasto ware brown terracotta Amphora

Culture

Etruscan, c. 650 – 675 B.C.

Size

18,4 cm

Provenance

Dutch collection. Bought at Sworders Auction UK. 

UK Private collection, Middleton Hall, Mendham, Suffolk. The estate of Middleton Hall has passed through generation after generation, nestled in the charming Suffolk countryside and can boast over seven hundred years of historical significance.

Ex. European collection.

Description

An Impasto ware brown terracotta Amphora, with pad base large globular body and small strap handles, decorated with incised bands of multiple lines, showing a double spiral on each side with diagonal lines and encircling bands.

An amphora is a two-handled jar with a narrow neck used in ancient times for storing and transporting liquids or grains, such as wine, oil, or water. Etruscan amphorae were produced in central Italy by the Etruscans, roughly 9th–6th centuries BC. Impasto brown-ware refers to a type of pottery made from coarse, unrefined clay, usually brownish in color. It was fired at low temperatures, producing a brown or reddish-brown color. Decoration, if present, was often incised before firing, simple, and geometric, reflecting early Etruscan artistic conventions.

Publications

Bonhams & Brooks, Antiquities Thursday 26 April 2001. Knightsbridge, lot 736. Digital copy and original lot label included. 

Condition

Professionally repaired and restored.

Price

€ 1800