c.7th century BC. A tinned bronze vessel with piriform body, everted rim and discoid foot with slightly rounded base, raised circumferential band at the shoulder, engraved chevrons above with pricked fill, stylised waves, foliate vines and a second band of waves in a different style below. Cf. Monteli, O., La civilisation primitive en Italie depuis l'introduction des métaux, Stockholm, 1895-1910; Reunion des Mées Nationaux, Les Etrques et l’Europe, Milano, 1992; Marzatico, F. and Gleirscher, P. (ed.), Guerrieri Principi ed Eroi fra il Danubio e il Po dalla Preistoria all'Alto Medioevo, Trento, 2004, p.447, fig.5; p.626, cat.5.35. 460 grams, 13.5cm wide (5 1/4"). UK art market. Property of a Woolwich collector. Apanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. The wave decoration, introduced in Greece by the Achaeans under the influence of the Cretan Minoans and utilised in wall paintings and pottery, became an important motif of Greek art and, especially in the period of the formation of the Italic societies, was quickly imported in the decorative patterns of the Villanovan and Proto-Italic cultures. Terracotta pots from Corneto and Livorno (see Monteli, series B, pl.169) are substantially identical in shape, although the decoration is different. [No Reserve]