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Vessel Attachement
| Object Number: | MS2503 |
| Current Location: | Collections storage |
| Culture: | Italic Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Orvieto |
| Date Made: | 599-500BC |
| Early Date: | -599 |
| Late Date: | -500 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Terracotta |
| Technique: | Bucchero |
| Iconography: | Rooster |
| Height: | 16cm |
| Length: | 17cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 5.8cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 815 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
Bucchero pesante rooster finial; from ornate focolare; mate to MS 2504; very fine; from large ornate vase. molded and tooled. Hollow rooster with comb, wattle tail, and peg on bottom for attachment to lid. Two holes, one near peg and one under tail. Fabric: dark grey core, fine-grained. Glossy black surface. Condition: two chips off tail, fragment missing from peg. Technique: molded in 2 sections, vertical join. Place of manufacture: Orvieto or Chiusi
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Classical World: Italy ( Apr 1958 - 1969) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1991. Gens antiquissima Italiae: Antichità dall'Umbria a New York. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 427 | View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference |
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