Karchesian

Museum number:
8-1648
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb C, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb C
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and Riccardo Mancinelli Scotti
Collection date:
May 1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Karchesion
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 2 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 3 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 4 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 5 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 6 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 7 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 8 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 9 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 10 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 11 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 12 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 13 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.Hearst Museum object 14 of 14 titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Karchesian, accession number 8-1648, described as Black karchesion. Description from Matteucig (1951): Kantharos; height: 8 cm; height to top of handles: 10.2 cm; diameter: 11.4 cm (see Matteucig's plate VII, 5). Brown impasto. Clay pale red; polished dark brown surface. High neck, slightly concave, joined to shoulder at a sharp angle; straight sides contracting to narrow flat base. Flat vertical handles. On shoulder, halfway between handles, two small knobs; shoulder decorated with short vertical grooves. Up slightly chipped; cracks on neck. Cf. Mon. Ant., V, 1895, PL VIII, 51, for an early parallel from Novilara.

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