Lot 1061

Description

1) A Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age guard stand (Holmos). 11th - 10th century B.C. Proto-Villanova culture. Hand-formed, biconical stand. Upper cone smooth, lower section with four metopes, defined by horizontal border strips and four vertical “columns.” Each metope with five holes, four at the corners and one central. Dark clay with red spots on the upper border. Chip on the upper border. Diameter 11 cm. Height 9 cm. 2) Hand-formed small bowl. Proto-Villanova culture. 11th - 10th century B.C. Sienna-brown to grey clay. Flat base, slightly curved wall, upper border slightly flared with a raised rim. Four knobs below the border. Height 7 cm. Diameter 6.5 cm. 3) short bottle (“field bottle”). Late 10th - 9th century B.C. Early Villanova culture. Dark grey clay with Red spots. Circular in plan view with a 1.5 cm wide groove at the border. Sides bulging. Upper section with a short, funnel-shaped neck. In the ridges on both sides of the border groove, four perforations each, through which a strap guided in the groove could be fastened. The guard could thus be worn like a field bottle with a long carrying strap. Small chip on one side of the border. Otherwise intact. Height 12.5 cm. 4) Votive of a male genital with scrotum, penis and regio pubica. Greek or Etruscan. 3rd century B.C. Intact. On the reverse, a wire for hanging attached in modern times with plaster. Height 11.5 cm. 5) Votive of a seated, veiled goddess. Etruscan, late 5th century B.C. Feet and range broken off. At the bottom, a cavity for mounting on a wooden peg on a base inserted in modern times with plaster. This base no longer present. Preserved height 13.5 cm. 6) Roman oil lamp with bust on mirror and maker's stamp on the base (MNOVIVSI). Loeschke type VIII. 1st - 2nd century A.D. Intact. Length 11 cm. Cultural Asset!

Provenance: A private collection from Upper Austria (estate), acquired by the father in the 1980s on the art market in Austria and southern Germany.

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