Urn
MS1399A
From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS1399A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Chiusi |
Date Made | 600 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | Urn missing four figurines from shoulder and three griffins. Base flat, walls flare in almost straight line to narrow flattened shoulder. Neck wide and rim turns out and roundly down. Four wide flattened double-ridged handles rise from outer shoulder to outer rim. Between handles and on shoulder stand four groups of three figures. Probably a forgery. |
Height | 54.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 36.4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897 |
Other Number | 798 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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