Ewer: trefoil

Museum number:
8-54
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080000054
Alternate number:
481/1193 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.38
Description:
Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Etruria; Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
October 26, 1901
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ewers (vessels)
Accession date:
February 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
depth 8.4 centimeters and height 12.2 centimeters
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: Italian make
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ewer: trefoil, accession number 8-54, described as Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ewer: trefoil, accession number 8-54, described as Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ewer: trefoil, accession number 8-54, described as Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ewer: trefoil, accession number 8-54, described as Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ewer: trefoil, accession number 8-54, described as Red-figure Trefoil Ewer; 3 bands of geometric decoration not quite circling the body, being discontinued below the handle: the upper in the form of waves breaking towards the right; the middle as open squares opening towards the left; the lower the same as the upper, but black within instead of red. Formerly in many fragments, but now repaired, some fragments missing, 1, not in place, accompanies this ewer.

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