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Pitcher (oinochoe)
Italic, Etruscan
Archaic Period
Mid 6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Bucchero
Dimensions
Height (max.): 53 cm (20 7/8 in.) Height (to lip): 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); Diameter (max.): 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Brown Fund
Accession Number68.699
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThe body is decorated in three rows of abstract patterns in relief with incised outlines. The handle ends in a female head with hair in two long tresses, and simian heads as side terminals on rim.
ProvenanceBy 1968: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., November 13, 1968