oinochoe

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Object Type
Museum number: 1836,0224.411
Description: Pottery oinochoe, black burnished Bucchero ware, Rasmussen Type 6a, with a flaring foot, egg shaped body, pinched trefoil shaped mouth and one handle with two ridges on either side, incised on the exterior of the body and shoulder with a long pear shaped pendants in relief. Worn and chipped in places, and there are traces of a whitish deposit.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 580BC-560BC
Production place: Made in: Tarquinia
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Chiusi (or Volterra?); Found/Acquired: Volterra
Materials
Ware
Type series
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 172 millimetres (base); Height: 401 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (H212); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (174); Etruscan Bucchero / A Catalogue of Etruscan Bucchero in the British Museum (No. 255); CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7 (IVBa pl. 18, 2)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (Lot number 1415); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.411
Conservation

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