Bowl
MS2389
From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2389 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Chiusi |
| Manufacture Location | Chiusi |
| Date Made | 6th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Iconography | Felines |
| Description | 9 crouching or stretching felines with frontal faces and tooled outlines on body. Bucchero, stamped and tooled. Hemispherical body, low flared foot. Offset inverted rim. Four spool-shaped handles, on of which is missing, were attached just above shoulder. Nine crouching or stretching felines with frontal faces with tooled outlines on body. Fabric: dark grey core, fine-grained with flecks of mica (?) and white stone. Smooth gray surface. Condition: one complete handle and half of another missing. Technique: thrown in one piece. Felines stamped. Handles molded and attached. Burnished; probably slipped. |
| Height | 13.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 30.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Davis & Harvey (Coleman Estate Sale); Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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