Amphora
| Object Number: | MS2508 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Orvieto |
| Date Made: | 599-500 BCE |
| Early Date: | -599 |
| Late Date: | -500 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Bucchero |
| Height: | 28 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 22 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 811 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
molded and tooled. Broad cylindrical neck, body flares out at an angle. Originally had a head attachment over each handle, grooved rim with relief studs, a medallion with a high relief head on each side of neck and sphinxes on the shoulder. Fabric: dark gray core, fine-grained with flecks of mica (?). Condition: Handles missing. Almost half the rim and neck plus section of shoulder are preserved. Scars below head attachment where one of the two handles was attached. Technique: Thrown in a jigger on the wheel. Fingermarks are visible on interior. Highly burnished. Place of manufacture: Orvieto or Chiusi
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 |
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