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Brazier

Italic, Etruscan
Late Orientalizing Period
Late 7th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions 15 x 24 x 40.4 cm (5 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of J. J. Dixwell
Accession Number76.226
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 675.1.
DescriptionDecorated with a face at each corner; one leg broken; much mended. The legs are decorated with veritcal grooves. Four legs and two handles.
ProvenanceBy 1875: in a public collection in Chiusi; sold at public sale in Florence to J. J. Dixwell (said to be from Chiusi); gift of J. J. Dixwell to MFA, March 1876