This Etruscan bronze beaked oinochoe features a finely engraved carinated body and a handle in the form of a nymph, who wears a beaded garland draped across her breasts, leaning against the rim. The jug is inscribed udai meaning ‘votive’ in Etruscan.
Priced at $30,000, the oinochoe, or wine jug, was previously in the collection of Eric de Kolb of New York and has been published in Master Bronzes of the Classical World by D Mitten.