VesselsEtruscan4th century BCE

Beaked Pitcher with Carinated Body (Schnabelkanne)

mid 4th century BCE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Cast and hammered

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Classical period, Late

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

25.5 x 13 cm (10 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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