Biconic Ash Urn

8th century BCE (Iron Age)

32 cm 40 cm 28.2 cm

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Biconic ash urns are a common form in Iron Age Italy, getting their name from their resemblance to two cones placed base to base. This urn has a narrow base that gradually expands outward into a round body with a single handle, typical of this form, and while the top cone tap...

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[Excavated at Caere, about 1896]; Olcott [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Brooklyn Museum, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by purchase.
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