Kothon
Vase Ring
68-36-6
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 68-36-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Locus | Osteria |
| Date Made | 600 BCE to 500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Description | Horizontal ring body. Barely flattened base. On one side of body, slim, erect, slightly tapering neck. Trefoil mouth. Flat band bridge handle arches from back to tref. across GD down to top of body. Painted dec.; black/brown and red/purple. On lower body, wide brown band with 2 added purple bands over it. On top of body, 7 groups of short brown radiating strokes. On neck, 3 groups of short brown vertical strokes, with double horizontal lines above and below. Handle is outlined in brown, with 4 groups of short brown horizontal strokes. Polished, Fine clay, fired creamy buff. |
| Height | 9.75 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Hercle Excavation Company; funded in Memory of Hugh Kirkwood Duffield, 1968 |
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