LOT 57 Etruscan Black-Figure Neck Amphora With Beasts
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6th-4th century BC. A ceramic black-figure amphora with flared foot, piriform body, broad shoulder and trumpet-shaped mouth, loop handles to the shoulders; reserved bands to the neck and shoulder, the latter with palmettes and other vegetation, a harpy, panther and lion in silhouette; attributed to the school of the Micali painter, ca. 520 - 500 BC. See Rizzo, M.A. (ed.) Un Artista etrusco e il suo mondo: il pittore di Micali (exhibition catalogue), 1988, p.20, fig.17. 2.7 kg, 34.5cm (13 1/2"). From a Belgian private collection formed in the 1980s. The decoration is typical of the Micali school works, depicting animals with a large number of breasts and nipples, as a symbol of return to childhood. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition.
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