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MS2576

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2576
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy
Date Made 6th century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Low, presding foot; low stem; shallow body; comparatively tall rim set at an outward angle to the body; vertical loop handles attached at juncture of rim and body, rising well above lip and down to it. At juncture of rim and body is a notched ridge. Just below lip on both sides is a set of three closely spaced wheel-incised lines. Part of one handle was broken away and mendd. Otherwise intact.

Height 13.3 cm
Outside Diameter 15.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 16 - Other Number

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