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Plate

Dish

Object Number:MS2399
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Italy
Etruria
Chiusi
Early Date: -550
Late Date: -400
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Ceramic
Technique:Bucchero
Iconography:Sigla
Height: 3.81 cm
Width: 13.97 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897

Description

Miniature plate. Flat disk foot, slightly convex body and wide, flat lip. Short, vertical overhanging rim. Burnished to a shiny surface, wheel marks visible on exterior and interior. The underside of the foot is incised with a large “x”.

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