Strap Handle
Sherd
MS2564B
From: Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2564B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Description | 2 joining fragments of a strap handle. Probably of a pitcher. Bucchero, molded and tooled. Relief warrior holding a spear and facing right with head turned back to left. Fabric: Dark grey core, fine-grained, smooth black surface. Condition: Two pieces, broken at top and bottom. Chipped. Technique: molded and incised. Burnished. Place of manufacture: Orvieto. |
| Length | 9.8 cm |
| Width | 3.5 cm |
| Thickness | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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