Neck-amphora

Museum number:
8-3852
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Gela, Sicily, Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Neck amphorae
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Airport Loan w/ mount # 032 (3/2010) in box in kroeber 19 mez
Loans:
S1973-1974 #96: Karel Bauer (May 27, 1974–May 28, 1974), S1979-1980 #1: Wine Museum of San Francisco (August 1, 1979–September 24, 1980), and S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cmHearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neck-amphora, accession number 8-3852, described as Attic black-figure neck-amphora; put together from large fragments; surface on side B pitted; A-B: maenad riding a bull to right and holding a grapevine in one hand; she wears a chiton with kolpos, and a mante; on neck, lotus-palmette; shoulder, tongues; below pictures, lotus fireze, rays; at handles, lotus-palmette complexes. Height 40.1; Diameter 26.8cm

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