07/10/2026
⚱️ ANCIENT VILLANOVAN URN — Etruscan Etruria, ca. 9th–7th Century B.C. ⚱️
A rare and monumental piece of Italic prehistory. This large blackware impasto urn features a striking biconical form with a flared trumpet mouth, its surface wrapped in bands of incised geometric ornament — meanders, lozenges, and linear registers characteristic of the Villanovan culture that preceded and gave rise to the Etruscan civilization.
Standing an impressive 18¾ inches tall, this urn once served as a burial vessel, a tangible link to the funerary customs of Iron Age Italy nearly 3,000 years ago.
📜 Provenance: Private N.J. collection; ex. Dr. Angelo R. Bergamo collection, N.J., 1980s.
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