Bucchero Chalice with Tongue Decorations

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This bucchero chalice, originating from the Molinello Tumulus (Tomb G) and dating to the mid-late 6th century BCE, is decorated with a band of impressed tongue motifs between two corded lines. Displayed at the Museo Palazzo Corboli, it represents an elegant example of Etruscan bucchero.