Lekythos

Museum number:
8-1859
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.
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:
Lekythoi
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-1859, described as Etrusco-Corinthian lekythos, dogs. Description from Matteucig (1951): Alabastron; height: 17.7 cm; diameter: 5.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIX, 13). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pinkish cream; cream slip; red-brown paint. Shape similar to no. 1858. On lip, three concentric circles; upper half of lip's edge, brown; three stripes on handle; tongues on swelling; narrow and broad bands, divided by reserved lines, down to the middle; then a broad reserved zone, with three narrow bands; at the bottom, between two broad bands, four animals (dogs?) in silhouette, running right. The color of the decoration, due to uneven firing, varies from brown to brownish red. Part of lip broken off. Cf. Montelius, pl. 212, no. 5, from Pitigliano, and pl. 285, no. 22 from Tarquinia; Mon. Ant., XV, 1905, Pl. IX, fig. 16, from Rome; Bull. Com., 1898, Pl. XI, 4, from Rome; C.W.A., Louvre, fasc. 9, III C b, pl. 5, no. 24.

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