Olla

Museum number:
8-1577
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Spherical olla, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: ca. 36 cm; diameter: ca. 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 3). Impasto type E. Clay dark gray, very porous with numerous sandy particles; red polished surface. Low neck, ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration in matt cream; red checkers reserved in the color of the polished surface. Vase very fragmentary. Cf. Montelius, pl. 207, 3, from Pitigliano; J.d.I., XV, 1900, p. 168, fig. 10, from Poggio Buco; Dohan, Pl. XLVII, 4, from Vulci.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb B, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb B
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ollas (vessels)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Olla, accession number 8-1577, described as Spherical olla, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: ca. 36 cm; diameter: ca. 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 3). Impasto type E. Clay dark gray, very porous with numerous sandy particles; red polished surface. Low neck, ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration in matt cream; red checkers reserved in the color of the polished surface. Vase very fragmentary. Cf. Montelius, pl. 207, 3, from Pitigliano; J.d.I., XV, 1900, p. 168, fig. 10, from Poggio Buco; Dohan, Pl. XLVII, 4, from Vulci.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Olla, accession number 8-1577, described as Spherical olla, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: ca. 36 cm; diameter: ca. 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 3). Impasto type E. Clay dark gray, very porous with numerous sandy particles; red polished surface. Low neck, ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration in matt cream; red checkers reserved in the color of the polished surface. Vase very fragmentary. Cf. Montelius, pl. 207, 3, from Pitigliano; J.d.I., XV, 1900, p. 168, fig. 10, from Poggio Buco; Dohan, Pl. XLVII, 4, from Vulci.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Olla, accession number 8-1577, described as Spherical olla, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: ca. 36 cm; diameter: ca. 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 3). Impasto type E. Clay dark gray, very porous with numerous sandy particles; red polished surface. Low neck, ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration in matt cream; red checkers reserved in the color of the polished surface. Vase very fragmentary. Cf. Montelius, pl. 207, 3, from Pitigliano; J.d.I., XV, 1900, p. 168, fig. 10, from Poggio Buco; Dohan, Pl. XLVII, 4, from Vulci.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Olla, accession number 8-1577, described as Spherical olla, big. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: ca. 36 cm; diameter: ca. 36 cm (see Matteucig's plate VI, 3). Impasto type E. Clay dark gray, very porous with numerous sandy particles; red polished surface. Low neck, ovoid body on flat base. Checker decoration in matt cream; red checkers reserved in the color of the polished surface. Vase very fragmentary. Cf. Montelius, pl. 207, 3, from Pitigliano; J.d.I., XV, 1900, p. 168, fig. 10, from Poggio Buco; Dohan, Pl. XLVII, 4, from Vulci.

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