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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