Bucchero cup; short wide splaying cup; small splaying foot into beveled exterior edge at low shoulder, with corresponding inverse on interior bowl
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Orvieto, Umbria, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Arthur L. Frothingham
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bucchero ware and Cups (drinking vessels)
Accession date:
February 4, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
circumference 40.5 centimeters, width 13 centimeters, and height 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
Good stable condition; two small exterior losses at rim; orange accretions on interior and especially around foot; sticker bottom foot reads "GF 75"; small chip losses on base of foot; abrasions overall; very minor surface crack on base.
Loans:
S1929: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–1945)