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L-64-171

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italo-Corinthian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Date Made 625-600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Etrusco-Corinthian
Iconography Bird | Animals
Description

Slightly spreading disk base; slender ovoid body; rounded molding at juncture of body and neck; flaring neck; overhanging lip; double handle rising from shoulder to lip with rotelle on either side of upper attachment. On lower wall, ray pattern. On body three zones of animals and birds. Incised rosettes in field. Dot rosettes in yellow-white around neck. Complete except for minor pieces, filled in in plaster.

Height 31.4 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Other Number 99-138 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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