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12 - Picene urn with figurative decoration. Eastern Central Italy, 600–575 B.C. H 31.7 cm, ø 23.2 cm. Brown to black impasto. Conical vessel with a pseudo-lid, featuring a low neck and a circular rim. On the lid and rim are two circles of figures, each consisting of four adorers, with four griffin protomes at the bottom. Below the lid is a frieze of stamped circular motifs. Includes a copy of the invoice! Chips on the rim of the lid and the foot ring; several figures are broken and have been reattached; the heads of three adorers are missing and have been modernly restored. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of D. M., Bavaria; acquired on May 31, 1980, from the Aloys Faust art gallery, Cologne. On the culture of the Picentes, see L. F. Dell’Orto (ed.), *The Picentes—A People of Europe*. Exhibition in Frankfurt (1999), in particular p. 97, fig. 70 = p. 215, no. 204 (protome of a griffin); p. 90, fig. 64 = p. 250, no. 433 (lid with figures).
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Picene urn with figurative decoration. Eastern Central Italy, 600–575 B.C. H 31.7 cm, ø 23.2 cm. Brown to black impasto. Conical vessel with a pseudo-lid, featuring a low neck and a circular rim. On the lid and rim are two circles of figures, each consisting of four adorers, with four griffin protomes at the bottom. Below the lid is a frieze of stamped circular motifs. Includes a copy of the invoice! Chips on the rim of the lid and the foot ring; several figures are broken and have been reattached; the heads of three adorers are missing and have been modernly restored. Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of D. M., Bavaria; acquired on May 31, 1980, from the Aloys Faust art gallery, Cologne. On the culture of the Picentes, see L. F. Dell’Orto (ed.), *The Picentes—A People of Europe*. Exhibition in Frankfurt (1999), in particular p. 97, fig. 70 = p. 215, no. 204 (protome of a griffin); p. 90, fig. 64 = p. 250, no. 433 (lid with figures).
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Auction 322: Ancient Art (Live Auction, Lots 1–407)Auction house
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