Urn

MS758

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Narce

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS758
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Narce
Locus Tomb 19M
Date Made 799-700 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Geometric | Etruscan
Description

Biconical Urn. Pottery. Break on rim. Fabric of medium fine texture, grey at core, outer surface red. Handmade. Covered with cream slip fired at lower temperature than vase. Painted red designs; on lower part of base bends of varying width; upper part set off by horizontal lines, a zigzag with pairs of chevrons joined by transverse lines; on handles seven horizontal lines following contours of handles. Lower rim surface white slip ends unevenly; upper rim traces of white pattern (festoons?).

Height 33 cm
Outside Diameter 28.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 165 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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