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Vase
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number13.2868
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionOf "tear-bottle" shape, suspended by chains. On the body engraved designs gilded. See 13.2860.
ProvenanceAbout 1879, discovered on property belonging to the Count Lucioli, Chiusi, Italy (one of a group of objects said to have been found together in a tomb near Chiusi, probably in the Colle Lucioli just east of Chiusi, MFA 13.2860-13.2901, 13.6077-6081). By 1913: with Raoul Tolentino, 57 Via Sistina, Rome; purchased by MFA from Raoul Tolentino, November 6, 1913