Terracotta focolare (offering tray)
Large rectangular or circular offering trays made of bucchero are typical tomb gifts in the Chiusi region. Normally they contain a variety of small vessels, spoons, spatulas, palettes and other utensils that may be associated with the preparation of food or cosmetics. Some scholars have suggested that these items imitate, on a miniature scale, the more expensive banquet sets in bronze or silver.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta focolare (offering tray)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550–500 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; bucchero pesante
- Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 13 1/4 in. (18.11 x 33.71 cm)
length without handles 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm) - Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
- Object Number: 96.9.145a
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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