Skyphos

Museum number:
8-1851
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb G, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb G
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Etrusco-Corinthian
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1896
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Skyphoi
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skyphos, accession number 8-1851, described as Etrusco-Corinthian skyphos, similar to 8-1850. Description from Matteucig (1951): Cup; height: 9.5 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay, slip, paint, and shape as in no. 8-1850. Decoration practically the same, except that on one side of the vase, instead of dark brown, the paint is reddish brown, probably due to uneven firing. The rosettes have ten to eleven petals. Cup restored from several fragments; some modern filling in cement; lip and foot slightly chipped; paint peeling off.

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