Object class: Kraters / Collector: Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti / Materials: Ceramic (material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1673, described as Corded krater. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 32 cm; diameter: 30.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 1). Brown impasto. Clay grayish with many impurities; unpolished brown surface with many black shiny particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with slightly flaring lip; horizontal handles, slightly turned up; usual knob between handles; very low ring foot. On shoulder, a cord; two around each knob, and one hanging from under each knob. Vase restored from several fragments. Cf. Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 4, from Poggio Buco.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1504, described as Corded krater; red; with handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 34.5 cm; diameter: 32 cm. (see Matteucig's plate I, 4). Red impasto. Clay and surface as in 8-1501. Low neck, ridged inside; flaring offset rim. Rounded body, and knob set halfway between the two vertical handles. Around each knob, three shallow grooves, in the form of concentric semicircles, formed by pressure of the finger, as shown by finger prints. Above the handles, four sets of three pointed knobs arranged in a triangle; two knobs are missing. Low foot, chipped off on one side. Cracks neatly patched.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1506, described as Red krater coated white. Description from Matteucig (1951): Krater; height: 23 cm; diameter: 22.5 cm. (see Matteucig's plate II, 2). Italo-Geometric. Clay brick red with dull and shiny whitish particles, as in 8-1505. Decorations in matt red paint over creamish slip. High straight neck with slightly flaring lip, rounded body, low, hol low disk foot. Central part of vase decorated with concentric circles around a central dot; above and below this zone, a frieze of alternating four straight and four wavy vertical lines (metope pattern); a red band borders the neck and foot; three horizontal bands under lower frieze. Vase cracked in many places; some missing parts filled in with chalky whitish clay; half of the foot restored. This vase falls, as far as its technique is concerned, on the borderline between my impasto type D and Italo-Geometric. The clay is slightly finer than that of 8-1505, and the thick walls connect the vase with "Impasto D," whereas the decoration is that of Italo-Geometric vases. (Cf. Blakeway, B.S.A ., XXXIII, 1932-1933, p. 193 fig. 15 and text ad loc.) For some interesting parallels and comparisons, cf. Montelius, pi. 255, 11 from Bisenzio; pi. 256, 5; pi. 259, n, the well known "lydion" from Vulci; pi. 282, 18; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, col. 681, fig. 202, a. Cf. also Not. Sc., 1914, p. 323, fig. 16; Albizzati, fasc. I, PI. II, 37, and Mon. Ant., XXI, 1912, col. 439, fig. 29, and PI. I, the famous geometric vase from Le Bucacce.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1532, described as Another, redder, similar to 8-1531. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 42.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate Ill, 2). Red impasto. Clay brick red, very coarse; dull brick-red surface, varying to light gray. Shape and decoration as in 8-1531, but somewhat better preserved.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1503, described as Corded krater of darker ware. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 36 cm; diameter: 33-5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate I 3) Gray impasto. Clay as in 1502, with a somewhat darker surface varying from dark gray to dark red and brown, probably the result of uneven firing. The shape is that of 8-1502, but more care fully rounded and symmetrical; decorations also as in 8-1502. Vase better preserved and restorations neatly done.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1531, described as Large gray krater. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 42.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate III, 1). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with black and whitish particles; dull light gray surface, varying to light brown. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring rim. Horizontal double handles with amon key's head at center; above and below each handle, acord decoration of rhomboids; be tween handles, a ram's head surrounded by three cords in horseshoe pattern; two vertical cords hanging from below ram's head; on shoulder, four knobs, round in section, with flat top adorned by a cruciform impression. Small flat base. Entire lower part of vase is restored in gray clay; upper half, badly damaged and poorly recomposed; small part of rim chipped off. Cf. Not. Sc., 1898, p. 443, fig. 8.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1502, described as Corded krater on a low foot. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39 cm; diameter: 34 cm; (see Matteucig's plate I, 2). Gray impasto, clay light grayish throughout, with numerous whitish impurities. Dull light gray surface. Low neck, ridged inside, with asymmetrical offset rim. As in 1501, two knobs halfway between horizontal handles. Around each knob and handle, five cords in horseshoe pattern. The cords are triangular in section and were attached to the surface of the vase as is shown in some spots where small parts of the cords have dropped off. Low hollow foot. Vase very poorly preserved; restored from several fragments; four holes on surface. The shape is not very common; the only exact parallel I know is from Poggio Buco, in the Museo Archeologico in Florence. Similar vases appear to be characteristic of the Pitigliano district, as I cannot find any replicas in other parts of Etruria.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1642, described as Lighter krater. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 34.5 cm; diameter: 33 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 2). Gray impasto. Clay and surface as in no. 8-1641. Low neck, ridged in side, with flaring lip; body more rounded than in no. 8-1641; handles and foot the same. Relief decoration as in no. 8-1533, but only two cords hanging from below the knobs. Small part of neck restored; tip of knobs chipped off.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1641, described as Gray krater, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater ; height: 33 cm; diameter: 30.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 1). Gray impasto. Clay grayish with many sand particles; gray dull surface varying to light brown. Low neck, ridged inside; flaring lip. Rounded body on low hollow foot; horizontal handles. Cord decoration as in no. 1534, except that there are no cords hanging from the two knobs between the handles.

Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1534, described as Another, of redder ware similar to 1531. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 37.5 cm; diameter: 35.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate Ill, 4). Red impasto. Clay gray, with many impurities; dull red surface. Shape and decoration almost as in 8-1533. Foot slightly higher; only two cords hanging from each knob; the handles are set between two P-shaped cords. Small part of rim and foot chipped off.