Ovoid jar

Museum number:
8-1670
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb C, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb C
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 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 2 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 3 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 4 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 5 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 6 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 7 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 8 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 9 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 10 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 11 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 12 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 13 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 14 of 14 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1670, described as Big ovoid jar (olla). Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 38 cm; diameter: 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VIII, 19). Impasto type E. Clay light red with some whitish particles; red slip; decoration in matt cream. Low neck with slightly flaring lip; ovoid body with flat bottom. On vase, eight bands of solid triangles are in matt cream; the intervening triangles are in the red color of the slip; on the bottom a cross in matt cream. Vase restored from several pieces. There is a similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.

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