With a plastic ram’s head at either end. THe boat itself is covered with a red glaze and the rams' heads with withe slip. The long flat form of the boat is a simple, very attractive and rare variety of the terracotta and bronze boats found in Etruscan tombs of the period.
Period
Mid-7th century B.C.
44.6 cm long
For similar pieces, see R. Hess, Raccolta R.H (Basel and Stuttgart 1963) no. 26. There is an identical boat in the J. Paul Getty Museum. For a very ornate bronze boat. P. Ducati, Storia dell’Arte Etrusca (Florence 1927), pl. 34.115.
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