Flask

Museum number:
8-3271
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Flask, small, with two opposed vertical handles from upper neck to shoulder; globular body, cylindrical neck, flaring rim flattened on top, ring foot. Painted decoration of concentric circles on either side of hemispheric body, papyrus motif in interstices, mouth, handles, neck and foot solid bands of color. Cracked and mended, hole in base, rim chipped.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus
Culture or time period:
Late Helladic III A1 (ca. 1435/1405–1390/1370 BC) and Late Helladic III A2 (ca. 1390/1370–1320/1300 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flasks (bottles)
Accession date:
1904
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), S1964-1965 #26: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1964–June 10, 1965), S1971-1972 #62: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (January 10, 1972–April 4, 1972), S1981-1982 #26: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (December 18, 1981–September 29, 1982), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), and S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flask, accession number 8-3271, described as Flask, small, with two opposed vertical handles from upper neck to shoulder; globular body, cylindrical neck, flaring rim flattened on top, ring foot. Painted decoration of concentric circles on either side of hemispheric body, papyrus motif in interstices, mouth, handles, neck and foot solid bands of color. Cracked and mended, hole in base, rim chipped.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flask, accession number 8-3271, described as Flask, small, with two opposed vertical handles from upper neck to shoulder; globular body, cylindrical neck, flaring rim flattened on top, ring foot. Painted decoration of concentric circles on either side of hemispheric body, papyrus motif in interstices, mouth, handles, neck and foot solid bands of color. Cracked and mended, hole in base, rim chipped.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flask, accession number 8-3271, described as Flask, small, with two opposed vertical handles from upper neck to shoulder; globular body, cylindrical neck, flaring rim flattened on top, ring foot. Painted decoration of concentric circles on either side of hemispheric body, papyrus motif in interstices, mouth, handles, neck and foot solid bands of color. Cracked and mended, hole in base, rim chipped.

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