Urn

MS1399A

From: Italy | Etruria | Chiusi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS1399A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Chiusi
Date Made 600 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Urn missing four figurines from shoulder and three griffins. Base flat, walls flare in almost straight line to narrow flattened shoulder. Neck wide and rim turns out and roundly down. Four wide flattened double-ridged handles rise from outer shoulder to outer rim. Between handles and on shoulder stand four groups of three figures.

Height 54.1 cm
Outside Diameter 36.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1897
Other Number 798 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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