Aryballos

L-64-78

From: Italy | Etruria | Civita Castellana

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-78
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Civita Castellana
Date Made 599-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Etrusco-Corinthian
Iconography Hounds?
Description

Intact except for nearly half of lip. Hard buff clay, brown glaze. Closely spaced glaze lines around foot and lower wall, wheel-painted. Another such line part way up lower wall and on upper wall a pair of glaze wheel-painted bands form a frieze or zone in which are two coursing (?) hounds (?). Tongue pattern around shoulder and a fringe pattern around edge of top of lip. Handle banded.

Height 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 0.5 cm
Other Number 88-102 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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