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MS1437

From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS1437
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Locus Toscanella Tomb
Date Made 225-175 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Buff clay with a red coating under a brownish-black slip. A reserved band just above the low ring base. 2 small channelled handles attached at the high shoulder and at the neck, Steep, low rim. Glaze worn off on one side. This side also has an accidental shallow indentation with a thin, short, vertical crack rising from it and going right through the wall of the pot. A crude attempt was made to impress 2 broad grooves around the pot below the handles.

Height 17.6 cm
Outside Diameter 13.6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 1018 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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