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Miniature oinochoe
Italic
Archaic Period
About 600 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James P. Tolman
Accession Number22.727
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 519; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionThis tiny, solid vase has a trefoil lip; body and handle are undecorated. It is a pendant that was hung as ornament or amulet and pinned to clothes by a fibula. Green patina and encrustation.
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA Annual Report for 1902 the Buffum collection included a group of objects that "were all found at Palestrina many years ago, in the excavations conducted by Signor Castellani, Mr. Buffum being present at the time of their discovery"; by date unknown: William Arnold Buffum Collection (died 1901); by date unknown: collection of his niece, Mrs. James P. Tolman; gift of Mrs. James P. Tolman to MFA, November 16, 1922