Ovoid amphora with reversed cone neck and flaring lip. A handle withe three supports on the shoulder. Opposite, a small horizontal handle on largest diameter of the body. Both handles are missing. Primitive meander scratched on the vase and the base, which is perforated by a square hole.
Provenance
By 1888: with Augusto Alberici (said to be from a tomb on slope of Monte Cucco); April 24, 1888: purchased by R. Lanciani from Augusto Alberici; purchased by MFA from R. Lanciani, 1888, for $493.92 (this figure is the total price of MFA 88.538–88.644 and 89.9–89.31)
Credit Line
Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation
Italic, Villanovan, Villanovan I, 950–880 B.C.
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 595.
Accession Number
88.542
Medium or Technique
Ceramic, Impasto