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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