Jug

50-1-98

From: Italy | Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-98
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Mediterranean
Date Made 500 BCE to 300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Superposed Color
Iconography Owl | Olive | Palmette
Description

Beaked jug in superposed color; small; owl and floral ornament (olive and palmette); intact. On neck an owl, stance toward right, but head frontal. On either side a vertical spray of olive. Below owl, on front of body a large palmette. On either side a looped tendril terminatin above in a small flower. Intact. Good black glaze. Colour well preserved. On underside a large capital M and a smaller X.

Height 16.1 cm
Width 10 cm
Outside Diameter 8.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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