Pot Stand
MS2501
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2501 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Iconography | Ram Head |
| Description | "Fruit stand"; rims end in ram's head terminals. Bucchero, thrown and tooled. Semi-cylindrical body set on high foot with flared base which does not belong with body, Four rams' heads at corners. On rim are 8 small knobs. 3 pairs of vertical ridges on body, 2 ridges on foot. Incised zig-zag, groove on base. Fabric: uneven brown-grey core and surface. Foot has dark gray core and glossy black surface. Condition: edge of base chipped. Technique: handmade body, thrown foot. Knobs applied. Burnished. Place of manufacture: probably Orvieto |
| Height | 19 cm |
| Length | 21 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 813 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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