Aryballos
| Object Number: | MS702 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Vulci |
| Locus: | Tomb B |
| Date Made: | 620-580 BCE |
| Early Date: | -620 |
| Late Date: | -580 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Iconography: | Hare |
| Height: | 16.3 cm |
| Width: | 3.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 2.2 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number: | 108 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
Description
Mended. Left hind leg entirely missing, and lower end of right. In shape of hare hanging up by front paws, head bent back and resting along spine. Aryballos mouth protruding upward from chest. A string could be passed between the front legs, by which to hang the aryballos. Buff clay. Speckled over all (except bottom) with fine glaze dots to represent fur.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 169, no. 150 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Pinney, Gloria F., and Ridgway, Brunilde S. 1979. Aspects of Ancient Greece: an exhibition organized by the Allentown Art Museum with the cooperation of Gloria Ferrari Pinney and Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway ... Allentown Art Museum, September 16 through December 30, 1979.. Allentown. Allentown Art Museum. pg. 1-295 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 138-139 | 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. 51, no. 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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