Plate
| Object Number: | 68-36-1 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Etruscan |
| Provenience: | Italy Etruria Vulci |
| Locus: | Osteria |
| Date Made: | 600-500 BCE |
| Early Date: | -600 |
| Late Date: | -500 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Technique: | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Height: | 5.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Hercle Excavation Company; funded in Memory of Hugh Kirkwood Duffield, 1968 |
Description
Mended, chips missing. 8 ancient holes for repair. Low ring base. Walls slope up gently to flaring rim, rounded and thckened on top. Rolled clay rope applied under exterior flare; pulled out to loop handles on one diameter, stopped to allow lifting edge on other diameter. Painted dec.: red/brown and purple. On exterior, bands. On interior, bands on outer edge and center, with frieze of animals between. Frieze: 2 panthers, lion, sphinx, horse (or dog?); details of faces incised. Incised rosettes and blobs in ground. Medium fabric, fine clay. Polished. Fired light brownish-buff.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Etruscan (1975 - 2000) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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