Vase with handle of the Etruscan civilization,... Lot 43

Vase with handle of the Etruscan civilization, IV century BC. Terracotta. Measures: 11,5 x 10 x 11 cm. Small vase entirely made of terracotta, with globular body and wide mouth. It has a single handle. Its surface is decorated with reddish pigments, arranged as bands. The Etruscan culture was already surrounded by an aura of mystery in antiquity; even their Greek contemporaries were intrigued by the sudden emergence of this people as a maritime and commercial power, by this ancient people who, according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, "resemble no other in their language and customs". While there are those who consider them as the people that gave rise to the Roman Empire, there are other experts who give more relevance to the differences that exist between the two peoples and consider them mere neighbors or "conqueror and conquered", depending on the time in which one speaks, recognizing a strong influence of some elements of Etruscan culture and art observed on the Romans.