Etruscan Dish with Foot Ring of the Red Ware

Culture: Etruscan

Period: 7th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 21.5 cm in diameter

Price: Sold

Ref: 4182

Provenance: Private collection Michael Ratzenböck, Upper Austria. For at least 30 years in the family estate.

Condition: A small ancient chip on the foot rim, otherwise only with minimal wear. The bowl is intact.

Description: Large Etruscan dish of the so-called Red Ware on a high, far protruding foot ring. The inside is decorated with deeply ribbed, concentric circles. The wall is steep and merges into an abundantly decorated rim. Three finely drawn, encircling indentations followed by engraved zig-zag decoration. In same intervals four jagged handle spaces form the finales. The rare dish belongs to the early phase of orientalisation of Etruscan ceramics. See the cup with foot ring (Accession Number 96.18.140), as well as the plate (Accession Number 96.18.133) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.