Vase or Krater

Etruscan, Italy

Second half of 4th century BC

  • Titles Vase or Krater (Descriptive)
  • Medium ceramic
  • Dimensions Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (10.8 x 14 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Renwick, 1974.28
  • Work Type vessel
  • Classification Containers

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Small, roundish bottle, or jar, of blown bluish-green, slightly translucent and iridescent glass with two curved handles and a thin bail handle of a different green glass, with narrow neck, the body decorated with applied, thin glass bands above a thicker, band of darker blue-green glass applied in a zig-zag pattern.
Tall unguentarium, or tear vase or bottle, in the form of a candlestick with a bulbous base and long neck with flared lip of blown glass with iridescent shades of green, gold and purple.