Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : J. Murray · leaf 263
VASES OF ALBA LONGA. 197 them from the superincumbent mass. Although the fact of their having been found under beds of lava, origi- nally led to an exaggerated opinion of the antiquity of these vases, there can be no doubt that they are of the earliest period of Etruscan art. The curious contents… … than of Etrus- No. 175. — Group of vases, one in shape of a hut. From Albano. can art. The paste of which these vases are made is pale reddish brown, speckled black, with volcanic sand, and gleaming with particles of mica. Upon the ground of these vases the subjects have been painted in white upon…
Pottery, Ancient · Pottery
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