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Oinochoe
Greek, South Italian
Late Classical Period
about 330 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Apulia
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Gnathian Ware
Dimensions
16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Austin
Accession Number76.450
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Vase-Painting in Italy (MFA), no. 122.
DescriptionThis is the more standard form of Apulian epichysis, with a spreading foot, concave body, and a domed shoulder set off by a broad, flat flange. On either side of the juncture of handle and rim are two molded female faces.
A band of dotted egg-pattern cirlces the shoulder on top of the fange, the eggs outlined by incision. The key-pattern on the front of the body is white and yellow; the rays on the neck are white. The braod wreath on the shoulder has a knot in front, with leaves alternately red and white ad separated by strands of white dots. Rows of yellow dots frame the wreath above and below.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #122 (76.450)
Epichysis
about 330 B.C.
A band of white, dotted egg-pattern circles the shoulder on top of the flange, the eggs outlined by incision. The key-pattern on the front of the body is white and yellow; the rays on the neck are white. The broad wreath on the shoulder has a yellow knot in front, with leaves alternately red and white and separated by strands of white dots. Rows of yellow dots frame the wreath above and below.
A band of dotted egg-pattern cirlces the shoulder on top of the fange, the eggs outlined by incision. The key-pattern on the front of the body is white and yellow; the rays on the neck are white. The braod wreath on the shoulder has a knot in front, with leaves alternately red and white ad separated by strands of white dots. Rows of yellow dots frame the wreath above and below.
ITALIAN VASE PAINTING in ITALY, #122 (76.450)
Epichysis
about 330 B.C.
A band of white, dotted egg-pattern circles the shoulder on top of the flange, the eggs outlined by incision. The key-pattern on the front of the body is white and yellow; the rays on the neck are white. The broad wreath on the shoulder has a yellow knot in front, with leaves alternately red and white and separated by strands of white dots. Rows of yellow dots frame the wreath above and below.
ProvenanceBy date unlnown: Edward Austin Collection; gift of Edward Austin to MFA, August 19, 1876