Monumental Etruscan Pithos

Culture: Etruscan

Period: End of 7th to beginning of 6th century B.C.

Material: Terracotta

Dimensions: 74 cm high

Price: Sold

Ref: 4084

Provenance: English private collection, acquired between 1960 and 1980 at the European art market.

Condition: Corpus reassembled from a few pieces.

Description: Monumental storage container of burnt, red colored clay (Pithos), where once wine, oil, salt or grain was stored. The slim tapering down corpus with broad ribs. On the shoulders a circulating freeze depicting stylized animals, amongst them griffins, stags and bears. Above the shoulders broad wave decoration. Neck and mouth in clay colour. The freeze band, stamped in the leather-hard clay, is an indication for the production site Cerveteri.