Large Etruscan Footed Bowl of the Heron Class

Culture: Etruscan

Period: 625-600 B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 22.8 cm high; 25 cm in diameter

Price: Sold

Ref: 4214

Provenance: Viennese collection Zweymüller, acquired in the 1970s. Last in the collection Stefan Horn.

Condition: Intact

Description: Large terracotta bowl on a high foot ring which swings out in a trumpet shape at the bottom. The vessel is made of beige clay with a red-brown, geometric painting. Thick reddish-brown bands are painted around the foot and about halfway down the body. Star decoration all around the foot and a finely drawn braided band under the rim, lending the bowl a special elegance. Stripe-decoration on the outside of the rim. Wide bands on the inside of the bowl, in the tondo a painted, reddish-brown circle. On one side, under the rim are two ancient perforations, probably for hanging in a tomb context. The completely intact vessel can be attributed to the Heron Class, which often had stylized herons painted under the rim. Large footed bowls like the present one were found primarily in southern Etruria, but they were probably made in Caere or Vulci. For the type, compare the footed bowl in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the Accession Number 59.141.