Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.72: Spiral Amphora Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Spiral Amphora , 2012.1.72,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/175122. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.72 Title Spiral Amphora Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 700-600 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Etruria Period Orientalizing period Culture Etruscan Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/175122 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Wheel-made Dimensions 10.5 x 8.5 x 5.6 cm (4 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Graffito on bottom of vessel "XX". Provenance Recorded Ownership History The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.72 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This globular bucchero "spiral amphora" has two strap handles. The amphora is intact (one handle was broken and reattached), with some cracks around the base. The belly of the amphora is decorated on each side with an incised double spiral, above which is a group of dots; there is some red paint detectable in the spirals. Centered under the handles on each side is a large four-stroke incised W-shape, extending into the field around the double spiral. Whitish accretions have filled the incised decoration. A graffito in the shape of a double X is on the base. Publication History John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), P3, p. 53-54 [M. C. Marvin] Exhibition History 32Q: 2220 18th-19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/20/2018 - 02/05/2019 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
