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CINEMA URN Surmounted by a lid adorned in high...

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CINEMA URN Surmounted by a lid adorned in high relief with a reclining banker and decorated with a scene depicting the fight between Eteocles and Polynices. Terracotta. Etruscan art. 2nd century B.C. Width. 33 cm. Broken, missing and restored in the 19th century with metal staples. The lid is consistent but not necessarily the original. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Marie-Françoise Briguet, Les urnes cinéraires étrusques de l'époque Hellénistique, Paris RMN 2002, pp. 66-82. PROVENANCE. . Antoine Tarantino Collection, Paris, 2004. . Marché de l'art, Paris, rue de la Grange-Batelière. An export certificate for cultural property dated November 29, 2023 will be issued to the purchaser.