Cylinder

MS5658

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5658
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Date Made 550-550 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Terracotta
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Duck Head
Description

About one half of semi-cylindrical top is preserved, whole stem and base missing. Mended from two pieces. Clay is light red-brown with streaky surface. Glaze is highly lustrous but badly preserved, generally brown. no traces remain of applied color. Decorated with molding along edge (sides and end) with incised herringbone pattern. On sides outside this is a smooth molding ending in molded duck's heads. Painted decoration consists of apotropaic eyes with eyebrows ending in volutes under central palmette (9 petals). Lotus buds on each side under eyes.

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