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Description: | Beside each handle, an olive branch. Trace of figure moving left between branches, on ground line. Unknown MANU ETRUSCAN 400-350 BC Etruria, central & northern Italy [Magna Graeca] Italy An Etruscan kernos with three ovoid jars on a concave base ring. Between each pair of vessels here is a small ring-handle joining them, such that three cords could be passed through them to suspend the vessel.
This type of vessel was used in offerings to the goddess Demeter. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | GREEK : POT : HSP03 : ETRUSCAN : EXIT2828 : EUROPE : HUNTER_ANTIQUITY_2007 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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