Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher

Museum number:
8-1747
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb E, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb E
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bucchero ware and Neck amphorae
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ovoid neck-amphora pitcher, accession number 8-1747, described as Ovoid amphora pitcher. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 18.5 cm; diameter: 18.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XIV, 3). Light bucchero. Very short neck; rounded body on low hollow foot; vertical handles. Five incised lines on shoulder, four on the middle, and four in the lower section. Restored from several pieces; some modern filling in dark clay.

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