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Strainer with one handle
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
Mid-6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions
Diameter: 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry P. Kidder
Accession Number80.572
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 645.
DescriptionShallow, mould-made bowl with ribbed or lobed walls. The bowl is pierced in the middle to form a strainer, with a funnel ending in a nozzle added on the bottom. Central part of floor pierced by numerous small holes. The rim is slightly thickened, with a groove on the exterior and a flat top, tilted slightly inward and overhanging at inner edge, with two grooves.
A single handle is attached horizontally to the rim, rectangular and with a rounded end set off with a slight projection at each side. On top of the handle is a moulded relief of a goddess (potnia theron), grasping the forepaws of two felines.
A single handle is attached horizontally to the rim, rectangular and with a rounded end set off with a slight projection at each side. On top of the handle is a moulded relief of a goddess (potnia theron), grasping the forepaws of two felines.
ProvenanceBy 1880: H. P. Kidder Collection (said to be from Chiusi); gift of H. P. Kidder to MFA, October 21, 1880