Oinochoe
MS5692
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5692 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Attic |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Attica |
Period | Archaic Greek Period |
Date Made | 525-475 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Black Figure |
Iconography | Dionysos | Maenad | Grafitto |
Description | Oinochoe shape I. Intact. Fully black glazed except for underside of foot and the panel on front (opposite the handle). In panel is a seated Dionysos, facing left, mantle around legs and lower torso and drawn up over his proper left shoulder. On either side of him is a standing female figure, no doubt a maenad, facing inward. Vines around and above the 3 figures. Tongue pattern above; at sides two vertical lines of dots bordered by vertical lines of dots bordered by vertical lines. On base two Etruscan graffiti. |
Height | 19.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 13 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Nina C. Lea, 1921 |
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