Pozzuoli / fresco fragment / Paint / Pigment / Plaster or mortar

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.2719
Object Name: fresco fragment
Lot: DeCriscio, Guiseppe
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Stucco (molded)
Materials: Paint; Pigment; Plaster or mortar
Length: 21.0 cm;
Width: 17.2 cm;
Height: ;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;2577 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Large brown-yellow vase (12 cm x 8.5 cm) on a foot with a long, knobby stem handles reaching from base to above rim; large ovoid shaped blossom (?) sticking out of top of vase; cream background; set in maroon-colored frame. Plastered to form a neat rectangle.; Gazda: Mural fragment with golden kantharos. Stucco, pigment; plaster restorations along the edges; modern frame.
Verbatim Date: 1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Pozzuoli
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii: Ancient Ritual Modern Muse; Case 29 - Roman Dining
Exhibition Curator: Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.2719
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2719/0000_00_2719p01.tif

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Full citation: "Pozzuoli; fresco fragment; Paint; Pigment; Plaster or mortar". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.2719/0000_00_2719p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 02, 2023.