Bucchero Trefoil-mouth Oenochoe

Item

Title
Bucchero Trefoil-mouth Oenochoe
Inventory Number
A0032
Date Acquired
?1955
Source
?Rohe Collection
Provenance
Italy
From Date
-599
To Date
-500
Description
Oenochoe on low pedestal base with handle of pentagonal section from top of rim to top of shoulder; extending from top of handle onto rim horn-like projections from metal prototype; burnished on exterior and interior mouth.
State of Preservation
Upper body, neck, and handle mended from several fragments with chips at breaks and on edge of rims, particularly toward lip; lower body in one piece with chipping around exterior edge of base.
Height
23 cm
Max Diameter
15 cm
Rim Diameter
12.5 cm
Base Diameter
10.2 cm
Color
Clay body 2.5YR N3/ (very dark gray); surface 2.5YR N.5/ (black).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay