Kantharos

MS1444

From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1444
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Locus Tomb 1
Date Made 225-175 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Reddish-buff, rather gritty clay with a greenish-black, metallic glaze. Lower part of the stem and foot missing. Handles originally a pair on each side - 3 or 4 are missing. The remaining one rises from the belly to the ridge below the rim. No plastic decoration as such. The strip of clay forming the handle is curved to form the horn-like projection characteristic of this shape at the top, and continued at the bottom around the belly for a short distance.

Height 14 cm
Outside Diameter 10.4 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 1025 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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