Etruscan black-figure olpe; shape is good copy of Attic type with disk foot; surface dented in places; brim and inside of mouth and inside of handle glazed; on lip dancing; on shoulder ivy between meander; panel framed on 3 sides by dots; in panel: male dancer to right with head turned back, beneath him a boulder; at left frontal horse.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan Archaic Period (650–480 BC)
Collector:
Arthur L. Frothingham
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Oinochoai
Accession date:
February 4, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
diameter 13 centimeters and height 26.1 centimeters
Comment:
May belong to Orvieto Group (see Beazley, EVP,p. 20) CVA, UC 1, pl. 30:1a-b; pg. 36; J.D. Beazley, Etruscan Vase Painting (Oxford 1947), p. 20 and bibliography there cited
Loans:
S1939-1940 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (November 9, 1939–October 22, 1940), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), and S1991-1992 #5: Grey Art Gallery (August 19, 1991–November 14, 1991)