Vase

Reproduction

MS1603

From: Italy | Etruria | Caere

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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