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Urn

Urn

Unknown

This type of pottery is named after the town of Villanova near Bologna, Italy. Here archaeologists first recognized the urnfield culture of the Iron Age inhabitants of Etruria. The biconical and hut urns are used to bury the dead.
Artist
Unknown (Italian, Etruscan)
Title
Urn
Date
8th century B.C.E.
Medium
Bucchero earthenware
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Frances W. English
Accession No.
1979.1777
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Italy

Related

Unknown date, acquired by Frances West English (Madison, WI); 10 December 1979, gifted by Frances West English to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 26, no. 2

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