Bucchero Chalice
c. 700 BCE-600 BCE
Description
Short wide fluted black cup on tall narrow stem that fans out at base. Pairs of incised lines at bottom of fluting, at base of cup and at mid-way point on stem. Incised patterning on foot consists of v-shaped pattern inside pair of incised lines. From the underside, foot is hollow and part-way into stem.
Dimensions
17.78 cm (7 in.)
Provenance
From the collection of Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg.
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