Bidspirit auction | ETRUSCAN BLACK GLAZE KERNOS

ETRUSCAN BLACK GLAZE KERNOS - Ca. 350 - 250 BC. A hand-built pottery kernos with four offering cups used to hold votive offerings such as poppy seeds, wheat or barley. Black glaze covers all the external surfaces. An engraved lines motif embellishes the shoulders of the three cups. For similar see: inv 83957, National Archaeological Museum Florence, Italy. Size: 145mm x 95mm; Weight: 410g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993.