Balsamary

Museum number:
8-1865
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.
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:
Balsamaria (cosmetic containers)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Balsamary, accession number 8-1865, described as Etrusco-Corinthian balsam flask, shape of a deer. Description from Matteucig (1951): x35. Plastic vase (8/1865); height: 5.2 cm; Length, 8.5 cm; (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 15). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; brown paint. Vase in the form of a lodged deer; the head, which must have served as a plug to the vase, is missing. Brown dots all over the surface. Cf. Mon. Ant., XXXIV, 1931–1932, col. 361, fig. 28, from Populonia; also, op. cit., Pl. XV, 16; Not. Sc., 1924, Pl. X, a; Not. Sc., 1934, p. 364, fig. 18, from Populonia; Albizzati, Pl. IX, 116; Mingazzini, Pl. XXX, 4; C.W.A., Sèvres, fasc. 1, pl. 14; no. 21; C.V.A., Louvre, fasc. 8, III C, c, pl. 6, nos. 13, 16; C. V.A., Copenhagen, fasc. 2, pl. 81, no. 12; C.W.A., Scheurleer, fasc. 1, III C, pl. 1, no. 8.

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