Krater

Museum number:
8-1701
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.
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:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Kraters
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Krater, accession number 8-1701, described as Big krater, basket handles. Description from Matteucig (1951): Stamnoid Krater; height: 39.5 cm; diameter: 41.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate X, 9). Brown impasto. Clay reddish gray with many impurities; dull brown, brown-red surface with shiny black particles. Low neck, ridged inside, with flaring lip; rounded body on narrow flat base; horizontal, basket-like double handles; between handles aram's head. Two horizontal cords below neck; three more cords in the shape of a horseshoe, around each plastic head, and one below; above handles a corded zigzag pattern. One handle partly broken off; about one-fourth of vase is restored in red clay. Another similar example from Poggio Buco in the Museo Archeologico, Florence.

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