Oinochoe

MS1347

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1347
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Fine bucchero oinochoe. Short, flaring ring foot, flat undersurface. Ovoid body. Long neck with flaring rim. Slight indentation for spout, two protuberances on rim, one on either side of handle; strap handle attached at lip and shoulder.

Decoration: Triangles incised with doubled-lines, beginning at foot and pointing upwards. Where the triangles reach their points, there is a horizontal double-groove. Above this is a zone of striations, ending at another double-groove where the shoulder begins. On the shoulder are horizontal fans formed of dots. There is moulding at the junction between neck and shoulder.

Very similar to MS 1348.

Height 28.89 cm
Width 17.14 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897
Other Number 731 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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