An Etruscan Teracotta Impastoware Pedestalled Dish, ca. 7th - 5th century BCE Amulets - Varia SIZE 4: 7_1/8" x 1_3/8"

SIZE 4:   7_1/8"  x  1_3/8"  x  7_1/8" (18

Provenance:  Private Texas collection

a suspension loop at the top

PRS Moorey

Its modest size makes it easy to wear

An Etruscan Teracotta Impastoware Pedestalled Dish, ca. 7th - 5th century BCE Amulets - Varia SIZE 4: 7_1/8" x 1_3/8"This shallow, circular patera is set on a tall, hollow pedestal foot, a hallmark of Etruscan serving and offering vessels. The dish has broad, slightly upturned walls and features small, pulled handles on either side. The exterior rim is adorned with a continuous frieze of small, impressed concentric circles, creating a subtle rhythmic pattern. The pedestal features elongated vertical cutouts, and one side displays a neatly incised rectangular grid