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Oinochoe

Italic, Etruscan
5th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Black Figure
Dimensions 29.2 cm (11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number58.1295
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionUpper part, handle and base black-glazed; around body, reserved zone with black palmettes drawn in very linear fashion.
Pattern beaked oinochoe. Abbreviated beak with thickened rim; sloping handle, base cylindrical, flat-bottomed.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Horace L. Mayer Collection; November 13, 1958: loaned to MFA by Horace L. Mayer (as 118.58); gift of Horace L. Mayer to MFA, December 11, 1958