Kyathos

Museum number:
8-1515
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb A, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb A
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
November 1896
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kyathoi
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: Metal: Copper (Polish)
Loans:
S1963-1964 #67: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 3, 1964–June 19, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kyathos, accession number 8-1515, described as Copper polish kyathos. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kyathos; height: 7.5 cm; height to top of handle 12.5 cm; diameter: 13.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate II, 11). Red impasto. Clay red with some whitish particles; coppery red, lustrous surface, varying to dark brown. Slightly flaring lip; horizontal moulding, adorned above and below with tocchi di punta, marks transition between neck and squat, godrooned body contracting to small flat bottom. The high strap handle, widening toward point of contact with lip and body, with triangular perforation above lip, is a modern restoration in red clay; two small parts of lip and two larger ones of body are also restored.

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