Rim Sherd

Amphora

MS2564F

From: Italy | Etruria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2564F
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria
Manufacture Location Orvieto
Date Made 599-500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Rim attachment for an amphora, hydria or focolare. Bucchero, molded. Female head in high relief with a curved headdress. Fabric: Light grey core, medium-grained. Black surface. Condition: Broken at bottom. Yellow encrustation. Technique: molded, burnished. Ledge on reverse indicates was set into rim.

Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896

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