Urn
Urn Lid
MS971
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS971 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
Locus | Tomb 23F |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Urn: Pottery. Intact, but surface worn. Fabric of medium fine texture, buff at core, outer surface varying from dark copper red to orange. Wheel-made. Medium polish. Filled with burned bones apparently from more than one body. Lid: Pottery. Surface abrasions. Fabric similar to Urn. Wheel-made. An unusual piece combinging two techniques. Its inner surface, treated with a color wash and well polished, is of a deep copper red colore, the handle, however, the exterior of the vase and the inside of the foot are covered with a cream slip, over which are painted designs in red: transverse lines on the handle; hatched triangles on rim; below rim a zigzag with enclosed chevrons, broad transverse boands connecting this zone with foot; band about top of foot and on its flaring edge. |
Height | 24.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 28.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Giuseppe Ficola, 1896 |
Other Number | 507 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number | 508 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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