Bowl

MS1294

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1294
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Date Made 799-600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

6 pieces; Black bucchero pedestal bowl with supports - 2 figs., 2 6-sectioned panels with animal figures. Omphalos center bottom of bowl, inside, from which radiate fine gouges; 3 incised lines encircle outside of bowl, lower 1/2 of wall; serrated ridge at base of bowl near jointure of support. Figure supports: male with headdresses; pigtails over shoulders, arms across front, hands hold torque? Wear kilts, cape? Legs not represented. Hollow cone-shaped pedestal. Clay fine, slipped and rubbed, fired non-glossy black. Micaceous.

Height 18.5 cm
Outside Diameter 16.5 cm
Other Number 1244 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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