Rare brown-red biconical urn with its lid

Villanovan period, 2nd half of 8th-early 7th century B.C.

34.2 cm high

21.7cm high (w/o lid)

24.5 cm diam.

Galleria Antiquaria Genova, prior to 18/12/195

Collection Ligabue, Venice, no. 2, acquired from the above

Jacques Chamay (éd.)

L’Art des peuples italiques : 3000 à 300 avant J.-C, Hellas Roma 1994, p. 96 no. 4

Edith Hall Dohan

Italic tomb- groups in the University Museum, London 1942, 81, nos. 34, pl. 43

M.A. Fugazzola Delpino

“La cultura villanoviana. Guida ai materiali della prima età del Ferro nel Museo di Villa Giulia”, Rome 1984, 47 & 73, no. 8

Mauro Cristofani

I bronzi degli Etruschi, Novara 1985, 214, no. 107 & 288