Etruscan bucchero chalice; bucchero pesante fabric; the sides of the bowl are stamped with four lions moving to right with left forepaw raised; each lion is set off by a modified upright tongue.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cortona, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Robert H. Coleman
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bucchero ware, Chalices (liturgical vessels), and Lions
Accession date:
August 1901
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964), S1972-1973 #14: University of California, Riverside (October 15, 1972–December 18, 1972), and S1978-1979 #9: Saint Mary’s College of California (August 28, 1978–October 26, 1978)