| Object Number | MS2251 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Date Made | 1800 to 1900 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Iconography | Fish | Female Head |
| Description | 19th century CE pastiche of 6th century BCE components; body like that of a fish with wings or fins; female head in rectangular plaque on front, large neck, mouth, and handle from a bucchero trefoil-mouth oinochoe. Fabric: dark grey core, fine-grained with flecks of mica around spout. Chipped rim, tail and handle. Technique: front section molded, rear and rim sections thrown. Lower panel molded separately, tooled, and attachd. Handle, wings, feet and tail handmade and attached. Carefully burnished. |
| Height | 20 cm |
| Length | 29 cm |
| Width | 12.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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