Dish

MS2820

From: Italy | Etruria | Falisca

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2820
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic | Faliscan | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Falisca
Creator Genucilia Group
Locus Fossa Tomb 2 | Pit Grave 2
Date Made 400 BCE to 300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Glazed | Red Figure
Iconography Star
Description

Genucilia plate; star painted in tondo; red figure. Broad foot with raised edge; short, thick stem. Shallow receptacle with relatively borad rim, convex above. Glazed: edge of foot; band on underside of dish; overhang of rim; and glazed decoration of top surfaces. In center of top is a large four armed asterisk with 3 dots in each quadrant. On the rim is a wave pattern with 5 crests. Intact. Fine yellow-buff slip.

Height 5.3 cm
Outside Diameter 13.7 cm

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