Aryballos

Museum number:
8-1853
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.
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:
Aryballoi (Greek vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Aryballos, accession number 8-1853, described as Etrusco-Corinthian aryballos, double feline. Description from Matteucig (1951): Aryballos; height: 8 cm; diameter: 7.2 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 8). Italo-Corinthian. Clay light cream, almost white; glossy cream slip; dark brown and violet paint. Round aryballos. On lip, a brown band; around edge of lip, brown dots; two stripes on flat handle; on shoulder, tongue pattern; on body, two panthers conjoined in head, and a duck; usual filling ornaments; details in red paint. Paint peeling off. Cf. Albizzati, Pl. XIII, 146; Critica d’Arte, I, 1935, fig. 23.

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