Alabastron
MS711
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS711 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Locus | Tomb B |
| Date Made | 799-600 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Iconography | Panther | Bird | Cock |
| Description | Intact. Tall alabastron with rounded bottom. Body decorated with two friezes, bordered by triple bands. Purple between glaze. In lower frieze two panthers facing each other at front. Bird behind under handle. In upper frieze two birds facing ech other. Filling ornament of incised rosettes. Below neck, tongue pattern. Upper face of rim banded. Traces of incision and of added purple. Por careless drawing. Buff clay. Slightly metallic brownish glaze, badly peeled. |
| Height | 24.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896 |
| Other Number | 120 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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