Rim Sherd
Amphora
MS2564F
From: Italy | Etruria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2564F |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria |
| Manufacture Location | Orvieto |
| Date Made | 599-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Bucchero |
| Description | Rim attachment for an amphora, hydria or focolare. Bucchero, molded. Female head in high relief with a curved headdress. Fabric: Light grey core, medium-grained. Black surface. Condition: Broken at bottom. Yellow encrustation. Technique: molded, burnished. Ledge on reverse indicates was set into rim. |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896 |
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