Oinochoe - MS547 | Collections

Object Number:	MS547
Current Location:	Collections storage
Culture:	Greek
Provenience:	Italy Etruria Vulci
Manufacture Location:	Corinth
Locus:	Tomb 5
Period:	Middle Corinthian Period
Date Made:	595-570 BC
Early Date:	-595
Late Date:	-570
Section:	Mediterranean
Materials:	Ceramic
Iconography:	Goat Panther Swan Doe Boar Lion Lioness
Height:	43.9cm
Outside Diameter:	31.8cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number	1 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

Description

Trefoil oinochoe with small, narrow, conical foot. Very full body; triple segmented vertical handle which rises high and curves down to join lip. Solid glaze on interior of trefoil and on exterior of handle and neck. Thick band above and below demarcates middle from top and bottom frieze. Top frieze: grazing goat flanked by panthers, then (on left) a swan and (on right) a boar. Central frieze: swan with displayed wings (below goat of top frieze) then (on left) a panther followed by a grazing doe, a lion and a bull; then (to right) a panther followed by a swan, a panther and a swan. Bottom frieze: two confronted grazing goats (below the main swan of central frieze) then (on left) a swan, a grazing goat, a lion and lioness; then (on right) two grazing goats followed by two grazing deer. Filling ornament consists of dots, blobs and incised rosettes. Lower body black down to zone of rays. Outer face of foot solidly glazed; underside reserved.

Bibliography:

	[Book] Schaus, Gerald P. & Benson, Jack L. 1995. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The University Museum. University Museum 2; USA 29. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61; pl. 39, 1-6	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Book] Dohan, Edith H. 1942. Italic Tomb-Groups in the University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 98-99, no. 4, pl. LII	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference
	[Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 56, no. 31	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference