Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan and Roman vases (1893)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Robinson, Edward, 1858-1931 · Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 53
were made of a single lump of clay ; the larger ones, such as the colossal amphorae and otherstructionof vascs of that class, were built up in sections, each one of which was made separately, beginning withthe lowest; and they were joined together after they had be-come partially dry. The joining… … Figure wheel in figure 3. The very large amphorae were made in atleast three sections of this kind. It must be remembered that only the body of the vase 1 Sig. Antonio di San Scappini, of Corneto, who imitates the forms of Greekvases with remarkable skill, uses a wheel of this character, which is…
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