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Boat-shaped dish with incised animal frieze
Italic, Etruscan
Late Orientalizing
7th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions
30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number01.8064
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 631.
DescriptionDish with flat bottom and thin walls. The bottom has the shape of an elongated oval, slightly pointed at each end. Walls are slightly convex and flaring below the rim. At either side, slightly rounded edge curving outward.
Each side carries incised decoration
Side A: Two horses, on either side a small palm. A fish behind each horse.
Side B: Procession of animals, fishes at each end.
Broken and repaired with restorations on (A) and bottom.
Each side carries incised decoration
Side A: Two horses, on either side a small palm. A fish behind each horse.
Side B: Procession of animals, fishes at each end.
Broken and repaired with restorations on (A) and bottom.
ProvenanceBy 1901: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901.