Cup
Kylix
MS1510
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Bizentium
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS1510 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Bizentium |
| Locus | Trench Tomb |
| Date Made | 8-7 c BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze | Copper Alloy |
| Description | Bronze. One handle rising from rim. AE cup on high base. The cup body rests on a high conical base which is hammered on. The cup body has an outward flare with a sharp shoulder rising to a vertical neck with everted rim. The neck is ornamented by a frieze of concentric triangles with their apieces on the rim. There is a wide ribbon handle ornamented by 3 rows of raised dots which is held on by 4 rivets; 2 at the handle base and 2 within the neck. Very fine condition. |
| Height | 20.3 cm |
| Width | 21.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 895 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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