Etruscan Bucchero Chalice

An ancient Etruscan bucchero chalice with a pedestal foot, the basin with a frieze of five panthers in relief, with graffito "V" under the foot.

Etruria.
Ca. 650 - 550 BC.
Height: 6 in. (15 cm).
Intact.

Formerly in a New York private collection, acquired in Freiburg, Germany, in 1984.