Oinochoe
Jug
MS2518
From: Italy | Etruria | Caere
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS2518 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Caere |
Date Made | 375-350 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Red Figure |
Iconography | Figures | Female |
Description | Etruscan red-figured beaked jug, painted with large heads on body. On body, two confronted heads, full lips, large sakkoi filled with lines, crosses, commas, circles. Between faces small upright palmettes on lower body. On shoulder short glaze strokes on reserved band. Added white on sakkoi, palmette, now faded. Two incisions around lower body just above base. Large palmette below handle on body with heavy tendril oneither side. On neck, female head facing left, as those on body. Intact. Fabric: light orange-buff on surfaces. Glaze: fairly lustrous, thin in places. |
Height | 32.7 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.1 cm |
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