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MM 1965:015 :: kantharos

Object description: Straight lip; low, conical bowl; raised, vertical band handles from rim to carination; low, flaring base. Black fabric with high sheen. Two horizontal lines on rim; horizontal, half-open fans on lip; large notches on carination.

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Inventory number

MM 1965:015

Serie nummer

3172

Object

kantharos

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Place - Findspot

Vulci

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Exhibitions

Exhibition; right showcase inside.

Context

Osteria necropolis, Tomb 25.

Acquisition

Purchased from Hercle s.r.l., Rome 1964.

Description

Straight lip; low, conical bowl; raised, vertical band handles from rim to carination; low, flaring base. Black fabric with high sheen. Two horizontal lines on rim; horizontal, half-open fans on lip; large notches on carination.

Period

Etruscan

Period, Swedish

Etruskisk

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current