Cup

Kylix

MS1510

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Bizentium

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS1510
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Bizentium
Locus Trench Tomb
Date Made 8-7 c BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze | Copper Alloy
Description

Bronze. One handle rising from rim. AE cup on high base. The cup body rests on a high conical base which is hammered on. The cup body has an outward flare with a sharp shoulder rising to a vertical neck with everted rim. The neck is ornamented by a frieze of concentric triangles with their apieces on the rim. There is a wide ribbon handle ornamented by 3 rows of raised dots which is held on by 4 rivets; 2 at the handle base and 2 within the neck. Very fine condition.

Height 20.3 cm
Width 21.6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 895 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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