Bowl

MS2383

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2383
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Iconography Human Head
Description

4 human heads attached perpendicularly to rim. Bucchero, thrown and tooled. Hemispherical with wide everted rim, two high round loop handles. Four human heads attached perpendicularly to rim, one facing out from each handle-base. Fabric: sandy brown to gray core with flecks of mica (?). Slipped, low gloss. Body cracked; slip peeling; deposits on surface. Technique: thrown. Heads molded and incised. Burnished.

Height 10 cm
Outside Diameter 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

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