Pyxidion
MS707
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS707 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Locus | Tomb B |
| Date Made | 799-600 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Intact. Low disc base and double convex body with wide mouth, no neck, and flat rim. No handles. Double band on lower body and fringe pattern on upper face of rim. On upper body decoration of birds in glaze and added purple. Buff clay and dull black glaze. Baddly peeled. |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number | 115 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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