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Mug in the form of an African boy's head
Italic, Etruscan
Late Classical or early Hellenistic Period
350–300 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of W. A. Gardner
Accession Number07.863
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Vase-Painting in Italy (MFA), no. 178.
DescriptionCircling the bottom of the neck is a band of dotted egg-pattern framed by stripes. The boy's snail-shell curls were applied separately, as was the rosette on the forehead. The eyes, set deeply beneath sharp brows, are large and heavily lidded; the whites and a ring around the pupil are reserved. Added red is used for the lips, the philtrum, the petals of the rosette, and a stripe around the side of the foot. On the reserved underside of the foot are two concentric black circles.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to a letter from Edward Perry Warren, dated November 3, 1907, this vase, with 07.862 and 07.864, came from the same Faliscan tomb); purchased from Edward Perry Warren by W. A. Gardner; gift of W. A. Gardner to MFA, December 12, 1907