Kantharos
MS1353
From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1353 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Italic | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Chiusi |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Description | Fine bucchero kantharos. Flaring foot, hollow undersurface. Gently convex body with carination, tall straight-flaring rim. Upswung strap handles, thicker than the body. One handle is taller than the other. Short vertical notches at carination. Double-incised line around rim, slightly uneven where it breaks off towards handles. Wheel marks visible on foot and interior. Areas of encrustation on surface, two large chips in body. |
| Height | 16.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897 |
| Other Number | 738 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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