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Accession_Number 50.3.2
Shape Chalice
Shape_description Tall and slightly lopsided. Steep angled wall with a slightly everted rim and a ridge just below; two ridges at bottom of wall, including join with slightly sloping floor; another ridge marks the join with the cylindrical stem, slightly broadening at the bottom; two ridges mark the join with the trumpet-shaped base. Offset on interior at join of wall and floor. Base conical on underside.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Etruscan
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Polished black surface all over. Gloss remains mostly lustrous with the exception of the stem and the underside of the foot, where more rough.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact. White deposits on stem and around ridges.
Technique/Style Bucchero
Provenance
Period High Archaic / Late Archaic
Date 550-500
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of an Etruscan bucchero chalice, showing trumpet shaped stem and base.

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Top view of an Etruscan bucchero chalice, showing the interior.

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Bottom view of an Etruscan bucchero chalice, showing the conical underside.

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Profile drowing of an Etruscan bucchero tall chalice.

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Oblique view of a Etruscan bucchero chalice, showing the rim.

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Side view of a Etruscan bucchero chalice.

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Bucchero Tall Chalice.

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Top view of a Etruscan bucchero chalice.

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Bottom view of an Etruscan bucchero chalice.
Comparanda
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Beazley_DB
Height 15.6
Diameters Rim 10.8; base 8.7
Handle_height
Other_dims. H. cup 5.0 W. stem (nearest top) 2.4 Stem width nearest base 3.3 Base diameter 8.7
Location Timeline 2a bottom
Edited_by Denise; Kinsey; Teifi
Date_edited 9 August 2002; 17.01.2006; 14.08.2006
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