Oinochoe

MS3207

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS3207
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Locus Tomb
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Oinochoe of fine dark grey bucchero ware. Flaring ring foot with convex underside. Spherical body. Flaring neck with wheelmarks visible. Rounded flaring rim with two rotelle-like protrusions on either side of handle. Faceted handle.

Three evenly-spaced fine incised lines encircle the body. The middle line is at the maximum diameter of the body. Finely burnished. Mouth broken off.

Height 24.8 cm
Width 17.14 cm
Outside Diameter 12.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898

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