Amphora Lid
MS2490B
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2490B |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Italo-Ionian | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Date Made | 6th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure Ware |
| Description | Lid of Etruscan Black-figure Amphora. Top slightly concave. Central mushroom knob drawn up to a point in the middle. Top is covered with red glaze for a band in yellow-white paint, wheel-run. Underside has a wheel-made ridge around center .086 in diameter. The underside is unglazed. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
| Other Number | 953 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number |
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