Dish
MS5924
From: Italy | South Italy (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5924 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy (uncertain) |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Glazed |
| Description | Small stemmed dish. Foot and stem conical within. Flat resting surface. Spreading foot, substantial stem. Shallow receptacle set off from flat rim by only slight articulation. Decoration in reddish-brown glaze: solid glaze on top surface of foot and lower half of stem; a glaze dot at center of dish; three wheel glazed lines; at mid-point of dish; at outer edge of dish; and at outer edge of rim. Between the two outer lines are schematic pointed leaves at intervals, points out. Nearly 1/2 of receptacle and rim missing, restored in plaster. Hard, light brown clay, fine grained. |
| Height | 4.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.7 cm |
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