Object Number | MS4820 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy |
Date Made | 550 BCE to 480 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black-Figure |
Iconography | Europa | Bull | Rider | Horse | Fountain |
Description | A. Female (?) figure lying full length along the back of a bull, her left arm hooked around the horn of the bull. Bull races toward right. Scenes of Europa and the Bull (?). B. Naked male rider on horseback advancing toward a fountain. Large lion head spout, water pours into broad, shallow basin. Fountain at right. Tongue pattern on shoulder, and a single palmette on neck, A&B. Intact. Double handles. |
Height | 19.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 12.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Wilder M. Perry, Exec. of the Estate of Frances Stearns, 1912 |
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