Alabastron

MS740

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS740
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 65M
Date Made 575-550 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Etrusco-Corinthian
Description

Cream or yellow clay, decorated red and brown bands. Narrow band reddish brown paint slightly above base. Three broad bands and one narrow band on belly. At bulb painted with broad band at base, narrow band at belly and broad band at shoulder. Thin vertical lines at base of neck. Concentric circles design paint on rim. Three horizontal stripes on outer surface handle. Shape: Broad flat bottom no foot. Conical body, upper half molded into 3 bulbs which diminish in diameter toward neck. Neck smooth, flaring to perpendicular lip. Rim circular with small mouth. Single thick strap handle attahced upper pf 1st bulb. Rim chipped.

Height 13 cm
Outside Diameter 6.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 219 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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