CIRCA LATE 5TH-EARLY 4TH CENTURY B.C.

The body of this fine vessel is decorated with ornament including ovolo on the foot and rim, bands of lotus buds, adorsed palmettes, and descending palmettes, and tongues on the shoulders. On the handle are two birds with heads turned back, and upturned lotus-bud knob finials. For a situla of similar form, see p. 90, no. 25 in C. Pirovano, ed., L’Etruria mineraria.