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MS463

From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS463
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Campania | Pompeii
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made 500-450 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Glaze
Description

Top of foot, body, lip and outside of handle fully black glazed, the rest unglazed. On shoulder are reverse tongues, widely spaced, the points at the edge of the shoulder. Around base of neck a row of glazed dots. On underside of base is written: "Pompeii 20" and "1849."

Height 11 cm
Outside Diameter 4.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Lehman, 1891
Other Number 8040 - Old Museum Number

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