Corded krater. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 32 cm; diameter: 30.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate IX, 1). Brown impasto. Clay grayish with many impurities; unpolished brown surface with many black shiny particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with slightly flaring lip; horizontal handles, slightly turned up; usual knob between handles; very low ring foot. On shoulder, a cord; two around each knob, and one hanging from under each knob. Vase restored from several fragments. Cf. Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 4, from Poggio Buco.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb D, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb D: grave 1.
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
April-May, 1896
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kraters
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Cratere d'impasto rosso-bruno con due anse orizzontali e due cornetti interposti fra le anse, dai quali discende una breve cordonatura e sono sormontati da due cordonature ad aree. Framezzo, sopra le anse, un arco acuto fiancheggiato da un cordone verticale per lato. Bordo leggermente rigato. [original Italian description: from field notes]