Three joining rim sherds; Cerveteri?; Pottery; Ceramic; Slip

Notes:

Very coarse clay, black inside, red-brown on surface with fine smooth slip. Friezes stamped from cylinder on top of rim and on int. just below rim - no int. figs. Identifiable. From left to right on top of rim: body of griffin or winged sphinx couchant to left; boar walking to left nude male dancing to right tail of hippocampus or triton. Said to have been found in a grave near Falerii. Purchased in Rome. Gazda: Rim fragment from a platter or brazier. Clay, impasto with cylinder-impressed decoration.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Cerveteri?; Pottery; Italy

Language:

UND

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