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MS965

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS965
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 64B
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Etrusco-Corinthian
Description

Decoration of brown and red bands and lines on buff small. Cream clay - fine texture. Lower quarter of pot reserved. Belly decoration - 3 broad bands brown alternated with 2 narrower bands red. On shoulder, frieze of long brown tongues, evenly spaced. Narrow brown band below neck. Upper surface of rim brown with red stripe superimposed. 3 brown horizontal stripes on outer surface of handle. Shape: no foot. Drop ovoid shape. Stepped neck flaring to perpendicular lip. Rim circular with small mouth. Single strap handle attached at mid-shoulder.

Height 9.53 cm
Width 5.08 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fausto Benedetti, 1896
Other Number 621 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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