Bowl

MS1495

From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS1495
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Locus Toscanella Tomb
Date Made 250-150 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Dish on low foot. Rim uneven due to firing accident. Small chip out of rim. Glaze a muddy black, though a few irridescent traces remain. Pale buff clay. Rouletted decoration around the center of the upper surface, a carelessly drawn groove, alternating lotus and palmette stamps with a palmette stamp in the center.

Height 5.4 cm
Outside Diameter 16.6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 1059 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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