Trefoil oinochoe

Museum number:
8-1785
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb F, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb F
Culture or time period:
Etruscan and Etrusco-Corinthian
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Pitchers (vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-1785, described as Etrusco-Corinthian trefoil oinochoe (pitcher). Description from Matteucig (1951): Oinochoe; height: 27 cm; diameter: 17.8 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 6). Italo-Corinthian. Clay pale cream; cream slip; dark brown, brown-red, and violet paint. Trefoil mouth; low neck; ovoid body on flat foot; high strap handle. Neck painted dark brown; on shoulder, three groups of dark brown petals (8, 11, 12 petals); below petals, a narrow brown-red band; then a very broad dark brown zone divided in the middle by a violet line; on broad zone, two bands of incised interlaced semicircles with cream dots in intervening spaces; below this, two narrow bands; one band on foot. Front part of spout restored.

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