Alabastron with Swan"Medium and technique: fine ceramics with chamois-colour paste; black paint with purple etched details. Size: 11.5 cm high.Description: in terms of ornamentation, the alabastron follows the natural evolution of Greek decorativism actually adapted to object's shape and size.This specimen, thrown on a fast wheel, has disc-shaped mouth, very short truncated conical neck, pear-shaped body and rounded bottom, which is slightly flattened to maintain its vertical position. This alabastron is characterised by a black decoration with purple elements and etched details. The disc-shaped mouth and the bottom are decorated with flaps, the short and narrow neck with an array of petals. The rest of the body is dominated by the figure of a swan, with wings unfolded, who proceeds leftwards. The swan is painted black with some details of wings and body that are purple and etched. The rest of the field shows also large rosette patterns.Style and remarks: according to disc-shaped mouth and the pyriform body that enlarges towards the slightly-rounded bottom, this alabastron can be attributed to the Etruscan-Corinthian type dating to the end of seventh-beginning of sixth century BC.State of preservation: complete, with some abrasions on the surface.Dating: End of 7th-beginning of 6th century BC.References Bianchi Bandinelli – Paribeni, 1976, L'arte dell'antichità classica, Etruria – Roma, Utet, Torino. Boardman 1990; Martelli, 1987, La ceramica etrusco-corinzia, in Ead., La ceramica degli Etruschi. La pittura vascolare, Novara. Martinelli (a cura di) 2000. La ceramica degli etruschi, pittura vascolare; Istituto nazionale geografico de agostini. Giudice-Tusa S.-Tusa V.1992. La collezione archeologica del banco di Sicilia, Edizioni Guida. Palermo. Szilágyi, 1992. Ceramica etrusco-corinzia figurata, I-II, Firenze. Rasmussen, 1979. Bucchero Pottery in Southern Etruria, Cambridge."3007001000