Jug

Object Number:	MS2381
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Italic Etruscan
Provenience:	Italy Etruria Chiusi
Manufacture Location:	Chiusi
Date Made:	600 BCE to 500 BCE
Early Date:	-600
Late Date:	-500
Section:	Mediterranean
Materials:	Ceramic
Technique:	Bucchero
Iconography:	Feline
Height:	31 cm
Outside Diameter:	17 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897
Other Number:	162 - Coleman Sale Number

Description

Bucchero Pesante oinochoe; relief of feline on top of band handle. Thrown and tooled. A trefoil-mouthed jug, ovoid body and low flaring foot. Decoration: frieze of relief tongues on shoulder, releif bands on neck and body, relief croching feline on strap handle. Fabric: Dark gray core, fine grained and evenly fired. Smooth glossy black surface. Intact except for some chipping and pitting. Technique: Thrown, handle molded, surfaces burnished.

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Auction] 1897. The Robert H. Coleman Collection of Archaeological Objects. Catalogue.. Philadelphia. Davis and Harvey's Gallery. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: illus. after p. 16