Oinochoe
MS2973
From: Italy | Etruria | Montebello a Tarquinia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2973 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Montebello a Tarquinia |
| Locus | Fossa Tomb 3, 4, 5 | Pit Grave 3, 4, 5 |
| Date Made | 5th century BCE - 4th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Superposed Color |
| Description | All decoration in mottled pink over black glaze. In center of front: a standing, fully draped male figure facing left, arms covered by garment. Below is a ground line encircling the vessel. Above is a narrow panel of key (?) pattern. Below missing handle at back is a palmette; on either side of palmette is an elaborate convolution of palmette foliage. On neck at center of front is a vertical, herringbone leaf pattern; fronds to left and to right. Parts of body and of back of neck and all of handle missing. Metallic black glaze. |
| Height | 30.48 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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