Etruscan Terracotta Holmos and Dinos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2018

Terracotta holmos (stand)

Period:Archaic

Date:700–650 B.C.

Culture:Etruscan

Medium:Terracotta; impasto

Dimensions:H. 26 in. (66 cm); diameter of mouth 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Purchase by subscription, 1896

Accession Number:96.18.126

Many elements of these large terracotta stands, especially the perforations and bosses, indicate that their designs are based on metallic prototypes imported to Italy from the ancient Near East.

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Terracotta dinos (bowl)

Date:late 8th–early 7th century B.C.

Culture:Etruscan

Medium:Terracotta; impasto

Dimensions:H. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); diameter of mouth 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Purchase by subscription, 1896

Accession Number:96.18.139

A small version of a popular type of banquet vessel used to mix wine and water and then serve guests. The holmos has two rows of perforations on the base. Ovoid perforations alternate with large bosses on the spherical midsection. The plain flaring top supports an undecorated dinos.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246645