Chalcidian neck-amphora; reassembled from several large fragments, with some restoration in plaster and repainting over cracks; neck glazed with wavy red line; main zone, A-B: floral (palmettes and leaves), under each handle, siren; shoulder, A: boar between panther and siren; B: ram between sirens; rosettes; base-rays. H., 28.0; D., 17.2cm
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Neck amphorae
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Airport Loan with mount number 023 (3/2010) in box in kroeber 19 mez
Loans:
S1939-1940 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (November 9, 1939–October 22, 1940), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964), S1968-1969 #34: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Dick Ransom (November 8, 1968–January 15, 1969), S1977-1978 #9: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (September 26, 1977–November 30, 1977), S1980-1981 #63: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (April 10, 1981–November 30, 1981), and S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)