Amphora
| Object Number: | MS2510 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Orvieto |
| Maker: | Group of Villa Giulia 2303 |
| Date Made: | 399-300BC |
| Early Date: | -399 |
| Late Date: | -300 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Glazed |
| Height: | 59 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 31 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 949 - Other Number |
Description
"The vase has a reddish-brown covering, apparently glaze. The handles (partly restored) are pairs of ketoi intertwined, painted red and light blue; on the neck an ivy pattern; on the upper part of the body two rows of floral decoration with a meander below. The foot is modern." (Beazley). The floral decoration on the upper body includes numerous sizable palmettes.
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1991. Gens antiquissima Italiae: Antichità dall'Umbria a New York.. Perugia. Electa/Editori Umbri Associati. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 427 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Beazley, John D. 1947. Etruscan Vase-Painting.. Oxford. Clarendon Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 310 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 96, no. 95 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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