Terracotta stemmed kyathos (single-handled cup)
The flaring, fluted rim and the molded handle, here decorated with a female head and an elaborate palmette-volute, are typical features of bucchero produced in and around Chiusi throughout much of the sixth century B.C.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta stemmed kyathos (single-handled cup)
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 550–525 BCE
- Culture: Etruscan
- Medium: Terracotta; bucchero pesante
- Dimensions: H. with handle 8 9/16 in. (21.8 cm); H. without handle 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
- Object Number: 96.9.151
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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