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 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) Rim (Diam.): 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm) Base (Diam.): 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.5
Not on view
DescriptionPricked fan pattern below lip. Pricked semi-circles at base of body. 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. 15).

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: Reduction-fired earthenware
Object number: 1929.4
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 John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by David Revette
Date: c. 550-525 BCE
Medium: Reduction-fired earthenware
Object number: 1929.7
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photograph by Da…
Date: 8th century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.3
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: 6th-8th century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Photograph by David Revette
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.46
Photograph by David Revette
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.45
Sessile kantharos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.38
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1929.47