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| Keywords: Etruscan - Bucchero Hydria - Walters 48102 - Three Quarter.jpg Large vases like this Etruscan hydria water container were typical offerings in the tombs of prominent Etruscan families Characteristic of late bucchero ware is the reliance on eastern motifs including the procession of lions from the 7th and early 6th centuries BCE known as the Orientalizing period The decoration was impressed onto the clay using stamps century 6 BC terracotta cm 48 5 38 5 27 accession number 48 102 36337 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan hydriai Bucchero Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Etruscan pottery in the United States Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
