An Etruscan pottery askos in the form of a duck

An Etruscan pottery askos in the form of a duck Attributed to the Clusium Group, 350–325 B.C. Decorated with detailed stylised feathers, each wing with the head of a woman in profile, wearing a laurel leaf and pendant earrings, 20cm long, 11.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance: European private collection acquired between the 1970s and 1990s. Bertolami Auction London, 10 July 2019, lot 46. There is some speculation about the use of such askoi that seem too large for holding scented oils. It has been suggested they may have been used for lamp oil or in connection with wine. The Clusium Group style is found in workshops in the Chiusi and Volterra areas. Beazley lists 20 examples of Etruscan askoi, many assigned to the Clusium Group, cf. Etruscan vase painting, J.D Beazley, Oxford, 1947, pp.119-120. There is a duck askos of the Clusium group in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection no.19.192.14 and another in the Louvre, decorated with a female head, ibid, p.119. Clusium, F. Duck-Askoi, no.12. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com