6th century BC. A large ceramic black-glazed bucchero oinochoe with wide mouth pinched to the front and sieve at the lip; tubular neck with thin collars at junction; shoulder decorated with repeating pattern of scrolling lotus flowers, one with scrolling figure-of-eight pattern; central part of bulbous body delineated by ribs and decorated with a frieze of warriors in helmets and carrying swords and large shields, advancing horses and lotus flowers; applied strap handle decorated with column of lotus flowers within a frame; tall incised triangles to the lower body; wide foot with gusset to the rim. See Perkins, P. Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum, London, 2007. 2.15 kg, 39cm (15 1/4"). Property of a European gentleman living in London; previously from a German collection formed in the early 1980s. Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test certificate no.N117a80 by Oxford Authentication Ltd. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fair condition.