8-1440 (previous museum number (recataloged from), brazier previously incorrectly numbered)
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Caeretan cylinder stamped brazier; relief decor A4 in Pieraccini (2003). Relief field consists of the following repeat: doe, hook-tailed griffin, stag and boar with a stylized tree.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Caere (ancient Cerveteri), Lazio, Central Italy
Production place:
Caere (ancient Cerveteri), Lazio, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Braziers (cooking, heating equipment)
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
diameter 51 centimeters and height 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
See: Pieraccini, Lisa C. (2003) Around the Hearth: Caeretan Cylinder-Stamped Braziers. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider.