Tripod cauldron

Museum number:
8-1723
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb E, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb E
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tripod cauldron, accession number 8-1723, described as Tripod cauldron. Description from Matteucig (1951):23. Lebes (8/1723); height: 21.5 cm; height, to top of handles: 24.5 cm; diameter: 28.3 cm (see Matteucig's plate XII, 5). Gray impasto. Clay light gray with mica particles; gray, gray-brown polished surface. Low neck with thick lip; rounded, almost spherical body on flat base. Four vertical handles adorned with slight protuberances; between handles, on shoulder, two small knobs. Vase restored from several pieces; many cracks. Cf. Montelius, pl. 210, no. 11 for a similar vase from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1896, p. 270, fig. 5, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 442, fig. 7, also from Poggio Buco.

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