Collection place: Greece / Collector: Alfred Emerson / Loans: S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Greece Collector Alfred Emerson Loans S2008-2009 #12: SFO Museum (June 2009–June 28, 2010)

Hearst Museum object titled Hydria, accession number 8-3316, described as Attic Red-figure hydria; restored: half of the foot, one horizontal handle, considerable parts of body, neck and mouth; glaze faded; added white paint; on neck, slanting palmettes; base border: maeander and checker-squares; below handle, palmette complex; round handle-roots and on rim, egg pattern; Birth of Dionysos and death of Semele.

Hearst Museum object titled Kyathos, accession number 8-2, described as Attic black-figure kyathos; Athens, Greece. The piece has many repaired breaks; and extensive restoration. VERY FRAGILE -- HANDLE WITH CARE. Chips, cracks, etc. are mapped out in drawings. NFDN. The handle is modern, except for a short length near each root; the plastic palmette and a female face on the handle are ancient but may not belong to the vase; on the body, between eyes, youth on horseback; vine-sprays; at each side of the handle, a partridge; very little preserved to the left of the horseman. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Kylix (eye cup), accession number 8-40, described as Attic black-figure eye-cup; some repainting of gorgoneion over break in bowl, otherwise intact; I, gorgoneion; between eyes, A, four-winged Artemis (Latin: Diana) with her deer, followed by a youth (perhaps not Apollo, according to Smith); B, four-winged Artemis; beneath each handle, inverted lotus. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-3339, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; echinoid foot; plump cylindrical body; surface worn and pitted; on shoulder, red streak, short tongues, inverted lotus chain; Herakles stabs the Nemean Lion with a sword between two pairs of mantled youths, holding spears (leftmost figure completely eroded); Herakles’ club on ground, his mantle in field.

Hearst Museum object titled Lekythos, accession number 8-16, described as Attic black-figure lekythos; considerable restoration, especially in left half of figure scene; white ground on body; chariot in battle: chariot to right, with two pairs of fighting hoplites, one warrior fallen to the ground; above figure scene, two rows of dicing; on shoulder, tongues, five palmettes. Once in Brussels in the Somzée Collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Oinochoe, accession number 8-47, described as Attic plastic oinochoe; large chip in base, otherwise intact; woman’s head; added red paint for hair and lips; no incision in eyes.

Hearst Museum object titled Pelike, accession number 8-3348, described as Attic Red-figure pelike; base-strips and neck-strips in uniform egg pattern; A, woman in the attitude of one holding (making?) a wreath (not rendered); another holding a scarf; B, woman in close-wrapt mantle.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate, accession number 8-359, described as Attic Red-figure plate; bored for suspension, with the stripes horizontal; put together from four fragments; decorated on both sides with black and reversed stripes.

Hearst Museum object titled Trefoil oinochoe, accession number 8-105, described as Corinthian black-figure oinochoe and lid; trefoil mouth, flat bottom, tall strap handle; white Corinthian clay; glaze of mouth and shoulder discolored olive-tan in front; linear decoration on body; enclosed tongues on shoulder; 2-row dicing below; neck, mouth, and handle glazed; edge of lid glazed.