Plastic lekythos

Museum number:
8-1796
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb F, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb F
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Plastic (organic material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: Textile(shirt); Hair
Loans:
S1974-1975 #114: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (June 10, 1975–June 11, 1975), S1977-1978 #22: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (January 4, 1978–July 14, 1978), S1979-1980 #69: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (May 29, 1980–May 29, 1980), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), and S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plastic lekythos, accession number 8-1796, described as East Greek (probably Rhodian) plastic lekythos in form of bust of young girl; orifice broken off; pinkish-buff clay; no slip; details in brownish black paint; figure wears earrings and chiton. Description from Matteucig (1951): Plastic Lekythos; height; 10.2 cm; depth 5.5 cm; width, 6.7 cm (see Matteucig's plate XVI, 17). “Gorgoneion" fabric. Bust of a young man. Clay, pinkish buff; some mica particles. No slip. Sheen on surface is the result of thin wash of glaze; where applied as dark paint, the glaze, which varies from brownish to black according to thickness, is not very lustrous. Orifice broken off. For a more detailed description and excellent illustrations of this piece see Professor H. R. W. Smith's account in C.W.A., University of California, fasc. 1, p. 55 and Pl. LVII, 1a–d. For the “Gorgoneion” group of East Greek plastic vases, cf. Maximova, pp. 174–175 and Pls. XXII-XXV, especially Pl. XXIV, 95a-b; C.W.A., France, fasc. 10, Bibl. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 93, 9–12; C.V.A., Copenhagen Mus. Nat., fasc. 2, pl. 81, 1; Albizzati, pl. 9, 112; E. R. Price, East Greek Pottery, p. 37 ff.: C.W.A., Oxford, fasc. 2, p. 85, pl. 7. British Museum no. 47.86.36, is perhaps the closest parallel to our specimen. For a full-length figure of this fabric, see H. Stuart Jones, The Sculptures of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Oxford, 1926, p. 197, pl. 76, no. 20: this piece was reviewed by Professor J. D. Beazley inJ.H.S., XLVII, 1927, p. 146 and dated to the end of the seventh century.

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