Thymiaterion
Incense Burner
MS1595
From: Italy | South Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1595 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | South Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Canosa |
| Date Made | 300BC-200BC |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Complete. One side very worn. Handmade. Base is hollow, inverted semispherical. Cylindrical stem. Rim exactly like upturned base but slightly smaller. Brown-black geometric/curvilinear decoration. Two areas of added red, interior of base and rim, rather worn. Decoration in horizontal registers of varying widths. Decoration includes stylized vine derived from "West Slope" ware, one on base, one on lower body. Medium to heavy fabric. Fairly fine clay. Burnished. Firing varies yellow-to red-brown. Very fine mica. |
| Height | 45.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 946 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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