Etruscan (Faliscan) red-figure stemmed plate; intact, save for two small chips in rim; incrustation on all surfaces; exterior plain; interior: rosette comprised of five leaves, with small circles as fillers, surrounded by simple wave pattern; decoration in brownish-black paint.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Orvieto
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Faliscan
Collector:
Arthur L. Frothingham
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Stemmed plates
Accession date:
February 4, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
diameter 13.6 centimeters, height 4.9 centimeters, and diameter 5.9 centimeters
Comment:
Assigned by Del Chiaro to Faliscan branch of the Genucilia Group; 4th c. BCE Published: M. A. Del Chiaro"The Genucilia Group," University Publications in Classical Archaeology, v. 3:4 (1957) pg. 289, no. 18; idem. "Etruscan Art from West Coast Collections," (1967) pg. 58, no. 115