Amphora

MS1341A

From: Italy | Etruria | Chianciano

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1341A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chianciano
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

With cover (MS1341B). Bucchero. Graffito decoration. Heads and rosettes in relief. Stamped and tooled. Egg-shaped body, slender concave neck, low flared foot. Two thick grooved handles. 7 releif gorgoneia slternating with relief rosettes on body. Uneven tongues. On shoulders, incised x's and zigzags on both shoulders and neck. Lid: grooved tongues. Fabric: sandy grey core with flecks of white stone. Uneven firing. Condition: poor. Thick yellow deposit on lower body, inside handles and neck, inside of lid. A few chips missing. Technique: both vase and lid thrown. Gorgoneia and rosettes stamped.

Height 62.23 cm
Width 30.48 cm
Other Number 722 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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