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The interior of this fine bowl is decorated with an incised vine with painted white leaves connoting the sacred ivy of the wine god Fufluns (Latin: Bacchus).
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Title: Terracotta phiale mesomphalos (libation bowl)
Period: Late Classical
Date: 4th century BCE
Culture: Etruscan
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions: H.: 2 3/16 x 7 7/8 in. (5.6 x 20 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, 1896
Accession Number: 96.9.19
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