Ovoid jar

Museum number:
8-1687
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb D, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb D
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1896
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 2 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 3 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 4 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 5 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 6 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 7 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 8 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 9 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 10 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.Hearst Museum object 11 of 11 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1687, described as Red ovoid jar, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 37 cm; diameter: 34.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 8). Red impasto. Clay red with sandy particles; surface dull brick red. Low neck, ridged inside, with thick flaring lip; ovoid body on flat bottom. Very heavy walls. Cf. Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 8.

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