Object name: Krater / Collection place: Tomb A, Poggio Buco, Tuscany / Culture or time period: Etruscan - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 8-1506, 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 8-1502, 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 8-1504, 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 8-1501, described as Corded krater on a foot. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 43 cm; diameter: 35 cm; (see Matteucig's plate I, 1). Red impasto. Clay brick-red throughout, with numerous impurities. Dark red, almost brown surface, rather rough and porous, with a few polished spots. Low neck, ridged inside, with offset rim. On the shoulder, a horizontal rib to which are attached a number of vertical ribs distributed over the body of the vase. On the middle of the body, halfway between the horizontal handles, a knob surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped cord. Hollow ribbed stem; flat, asymmetrical foot. Vase slightly cracked in several places and mended with reddish clay. The cords are not attached, as in other specimens, but worked out of the surface clay. I cannot find a close parallel to this vase. The krater in Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, center, is a reproduction of our own specimen before it reached the University of California Museum. For the same general type, but differing in detail, cf. Not. Sc., 1907 p. 339. fig. 68, upper right, from a tomba a fossa in Tarquinia; Not. Sc., 1928, p. 446, fig. 22 from Capodimonte, and ibid., p. 460, fig. 39.