Etruscan red-figure spouted jar or lebes with two female heads
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted
Geography: Made in Etruria, Italy; findspot unknown
Date: about 300 BC
Period: Etruscan Hellenistic period
Dimensions:17.6 x 19.1 x 14.2 cm
Object number: 923.13.4
Credit Line: Gift of the Members of the Royal Ontario Museum
Gallery Location:Eaton Gallery of Rome - Bratty Exhibit of Etruria
DescriptionThe flood of red-figure pottery and the immigration of vase painters first from Athens and then from Southern Italy led to a blossoming of Etruscan wares. Local styles of Etruscan red-figure pottery began around 480 BC and continued until about the early 3rd century BC.
