Vase
Reproduction
MS1603
From: Italy | Etruria | Caere
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS1603 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Caere |
Locus | Bocchoris Tomb |
Date Made | 7th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Faience |
Technique | Glazed |
Description | Green glaze. Decorated with triple band of painted ornamentation of triangles, circles and cones in light green. Ground painted black. Body decorated with two rows of figures in low relief separated by group of lotus leaves. Vertical band of hieroglyphs which do not read. Lower band contains six figures, kneeling men and apes, between palm trees. Copy of Bocchoris Vase. |
Height | 21 cm |
Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
Other Number | 1006 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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