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MS5984

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5984
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Intact. Trumpet-shaped foot. Shallow lower body. Upper wall, whose upper termination is the lip, is set off from lower by a line of impressed beading (?). Upper wall is straight in profile but set at an angle to the lower wall. Two strap handles, each rising from juncture of upper and lower walls and attached above at lip. Moderately lustrous black surface. Some earth-like incrustation.

Height 12.8 cm
Outside Diameter 12.4 cm

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