Bucchero ware kantharos (drinking cup)

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Photograph by David Revette
Bucchero ware kantharos (drinking cup)
Photograph by David Revette
Datec. 625-600 BCE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall (Height): 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Rim (Diam.): 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm) Base: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.4
On view
DescriptionTwo incised lines below lip. Early Etruscan Bucchero Ware.

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Drinking cup
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases from the Hamilton College Collection and the J. Paul Getty Museum," March 14 - May 1, 1987 (cat. no. 14).
Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 21.
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 625-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.5
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 600-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.6
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 550-525 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.8
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 550-525 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.9
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 550-525 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.7
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: c. 325-300 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.47
Photograph by David Revette
Date: 5th century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.46
Photograph by David Revette
Date: 4th century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.45
Sessile kantharos
Date: 4th century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.38
Photograph by David Revette.
Date: Late 5th Century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.16
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Date: 325-300 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.48
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Terracotta with paint
Object number: 1984.521