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Pitcher (oinochoe) and lid
Attributed to: The Bird-and-Lozenge Painter
Greek
Late Geometric IIa Period
735–720 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
38.1 cm (15 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.503a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 266.
DescriptionSlip is bright orange to brown. On neck: band of waterbirds, meander, band of waterbirds. On shoulder square panels (metopes), alternately containing waterbirds and four leaf design. On body: gand of wolftooth pattern, band of waterbirds, band of connected dots (almost false spirals), band of dots, five lines, rest of vase is solid. Dipylon.
ProvenanceBy 1898: with Edward Perry Warrren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Athens. Christmas 1898.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)