A Villanovan biconical cinerary urn
Etruria, 9th – 8th century BC; alt. cm 39; A cinerary urn with a wide everted rim, cylindrical neck, a biconical shaped body with rounded shoulders, a flat base and a stick-like handle set on the shoulder. The neck is decorated with a geometric motif, the body with a meander motif.
Restored.

PROVENANCE:
English private collection, purchased in 2000s from Herakles Numismatik und Antiquitäten GmbH (München); previously acquired on the European art market in the 1970s.

Estimate: GBP: 1.000 - 1.500