Aryballos

MS702

Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS702
Current Location Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Locus Tomb B
Date Made 620-580 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Etrusco-Corinthian
Iconography Hare
Description

Mended. Left hind leg entirely missing, and lower end of right. In shape of hare hanging up by front paws, head bent back and resting along spine. Aryballos mouth protruding upward from chest. A string could be passed between the front legs, by which to hang the aryballos. Buff clay. Speckled over all (except bottom) with fine glaze dots to represent fur.

Height 16.3 cm
Width 3.7 cm
Outside Diameter 2.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 108 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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