Donor: M. Boissé / Culture or time period: Cultures in the Ancient Greek sphere of influence / Materials: Ceramic (material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Jug, accession number 8-296, described as Jug; Globular body, cylindrical neck, trefoil mouth with strainer, ring base, double verticle handle from rim to shoulder. painted design; horizontal lines across handle; three groups of large concentric circles on belly, clusters of smaller concentric circles centered with Maltese-styled crosses. Directly under spout four vertical and three horizontal swastikas. Spout broken and mended; chips missing from inside of lip. Minor surface abrasions; chip missing from left side of belly. H. 21.8; Max Body D 14.cm Foot D. 5.5 cm Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-290, described as Krater with three loop legs, deep conical body (maximum diameter at upper joint of handles and body) small downward everted rim, two opposed vertical strap handles at mid-body three loop legs from ring to base to lower body. painted geometric decoration on each side of handles verticla zig-zags flanked by vertical lines. Central motif lozenge shapes with checker-board design center flanked by 4 verticle lines the outer ones with attached horizontal lines. 4 small swastikas on body. Encircling groups of black lines and red bands. below rim and above legs. Lines on handles, legs and rim H 18 cm; Max body Diameter 21 cm. Outside rim 17.6 cm inside rim 14.8

Hearst Museum object titled Kylix, accession number 8-291, described as Kylix; Slightly convex, cylindrical body, with two opposed horizontal handles on mid-body. Wide, conical foot, short stem with central ridge. Tall plain vertical rim offset vt horizontal ridge. Two bands of painted decoration, separated by ridge at join of handles.Upper central motif, crossed black lines and circles and verticle column of chevrons. Lower design on each side of handles. Both reisters have groups of vertical black lines and red and black concentric circles. encircling lines, spiral and band on interior.. Foot, handles solid black. One handle missing, small chips in rim. H 15.4 Cm; Rim diameter 17.7 cm; Max Body 18.8 Foot 9.4 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 8-302, described as Lamp, Odysseus and ram. Vessel features Homeric epic scene.

Hearst Museum object titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-201, described as Etruscan black-figure neck-amphora; bifid handles; foot flaring with rolled edge; in fields on body, A, bull; B, cow; white dappling; on brim, coarse ivy leaves and dots; on neck, double leaves or petals with median rings; on shoulder, zigzag, below thin crossed and dotted squares in the bends of an embattled line. H. 21.0; D. 14.5 cm Add'tl comments: Orientalizing/Geometric decoration along the shoulder of the amphora; spots on cow reminiscent of Egyptianinzing motif. Not a prefect firing as the ceramic leans slightly to one side on the axis of the foot.