Villanovan Impasto Chalice

An ancient Villanovan impasto cylindrical chalice with a pedestal foot, the basin with a pronounced border and ribbed exterior

Northern Italy.

Ca. 8th - 7th century BC.

Height: 4 7/8 in. (12 cm).

The so-called Villanovans (named after a modern town near Bologna) were the early Iron Age predecessors of the Etruscans. They are thought to have settled the area of Etruria, roughly modern Tuscany, in the 11th century BC. By the fourth century BC the Villanovans were assimilated by the Etruscans and overcome by the neighboring Gauls.

Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.

Inv#: 9473

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$1,500