Ovoid jar

Museum number:
8-1779
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb F, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb F
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1779, described as Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1779, described as Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1779, described as Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1779, described as Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1779, described as Ovoid jar with red and white checks similar to 8-1777. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 10). Impasto type E. Clay light red with sandy particles; shiny red surface; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with thick lip; ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration covers only upper half of vase. Restored from several fragments. Cf. no. 8-1577 and Montelius, pl. 207, no. 3, from Pitigliano.

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