olla; vessel-stand

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Object Type: olla; vessel-stand
Museum number: 1892,0517.25
Description: Terracotta lidded bowl (olla) with griffins' heads and chains, supported on a tall stand (hypokraterion or holmos). The red impasto is painted with birds and geometric designs.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 675BC-625BC
Production place: Made in: Faliscan Territory (historic region - Etruria)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Monte Cerreto, tomb M103 (probably)
Materials
Ware
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 95.25 centimetres (stand only); Height: 130.81 centimetres
Curator's comments: The chains perhaps held stoppers for the holes in the griffins' necks.
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (H105); CVA British Museum 7 / Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 10, British Museum 7 (IVBa pl. 6, 2); Swaddling 1986 / Italian Iron Age artefacts in the British Museum : papers of the sixth British Museum Classical Colloquium (p. 252)
Location: On display (G71/dc3)
Subjects: griffin; bird
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1892
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1892,0517.25
Conservation: Treatment: 15 Nov 1998; Treatment: 10 Oct 1998; Treatment: 11 Dec 1998; Treatment: 31 May 2019

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