Double-coned vase from the so-called “Castellani Tomb” at Palestrina

Vaso biconico della cosiddetta ??Tomba Castellani?? di Palestrina
Type: 
China
Year: 
Last thirty years of the 8th century BC
Material and technique: 
Bronze
Origin: 
From Palestrina

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Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori - Sale Castellani

The Sale Castellani contain an appreciable series of materials, which represent the point of arrival of the formation of the historic collections of the Museum in the second half of the XIX century. 
The Collezione Castellani, donated by the famous goldsmith and collector Augusto Castellani, is constituted of items that come from the most important archaeological sites in Etruria, Latium, and southern Italy, which cover a period that goes from the VIII to the IV century BC. 

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