Protocorinthian geometric skyphos; put together from several fragments,, with some small pieces missing; clay white to pinkish buff; glaze fired red; inside glazed; exterior decoration linear: on rim, series of verticals and sigmatoids; on body, fine lines, tall base-rays; under foot, disk with two circles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Skyphos; height: 10 cm; diameter: 11.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 1). Protocorinthian Geometric. For a description of this vase cf. C.W.A., Univ. of California, fasc. 1, p. 12, Pl. III, 3. For other examples and Italic imitations, cf. Montelius, pl. 292, 11 from Tarquinia, and pl. 326, 8 from Falerii; Mon. Ant. XXII, 1913, Pl. L, 2, from Cumae; Not. Sc., 1893, p. 474, fig. 1, from Syracuse; Not. Sc., 1898, p. 447, fig. 9, from Poggio Buco; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 116, fig. 3, from Colonna (Latium); Bull. Com., 1896, Pl. V, 8, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. X, 1, from Rome; Röm. Mitt., XXII, 1907, p. 131, fig. 20, from the Regolini-Galassi tomb in Caere; Albizzati, fasc. I, Pl. I, 8, 11; C.V.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, III C, pl. 1, no. 30.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb B, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Abbadia del Fiume; Tuscany; Tomb B; Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Skyphoi
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1961-1962 #27: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (November 16, 1961–March 27, 1963), S1962-1963 #6: Art Department (UC Berkeley) (August 3, 1962–February 1, 1963), S1963-1964 #39: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (November 7, 1963–March 3, 1964), S1963-1964 #95: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (June 24, 1964–September 10, 1964), and S1964-1965 #26: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1964–June 10, 1965)