Kantharos
Object Number: | MS1353 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Italic Etruscan |
Provenience: | Italy Etruria Chiusi |
Early Date: | -625 |
Late Date: | -525 |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Ceramic |
Technique: | Bucchero |
Height: | 16.5 cm |
Outside Diameter: | 15 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897 |
Other Number: | 738 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
Fine bucchero kantharos. Flaring foot, hollow undersurface. Gently convex body with carination, tall straight-flaring rim. Upswung strap handles, thicker than the body. One handle is taller than the other. Short vertical notches at carination. Double-incised line around rim, slightly uneven where it breaks off towards handles. Wheel marks visible on foot and interior. Areas of encrustation on surface, two large chips in body.
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