Strap Handle

Sherd

MS2564B

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2564B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

2 joining fragments of a strap handle. Probably of a pitcher. Bucchero, molded and tooled. Relief warrior holding a spear and facing right with head turned back to left. Fabric: Dark grey core, fine-grained, smooth black surface. Condition: Two pieces, broken at top and bottom. Chipped. Technique: molded and incised. Burnished. Place of manufacture: Orvieto.

Length 9.8 cm
Width 3.5 cm
Thickness 1 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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