Oinochoe
Jug
Object Number: | MS2517 |
Current Location: | Etruscan Italy Gallery Currently On Display |
Culture: | Etruscan |
Provenience: | Italy South Italy |
Section: | Mediterranean |
Materials: | Ceramic |
Technique: | Red Figure |
Iconography: | Eros Women Tympanum Altar? |
Height: | 35.5cm |
Width: | 21cm |
Outside Diameter: | 17.5cm |
Description
Etruscan Red-figured Jug. Oinochoe Shape VII. Intact. In area below handle a large vertical palmette and two large rosettes. On either side foliage resembling a question mark and a trumpet. On front, "Eros (or Lasa) and a woman with a tympanon, both running and looking around." Between them an altar (?). "On the neck, a woman seated with a tympanon.' Border of large egg pattern on shoulder at base of neck.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Classical World - Etruscan World (15 Mar 2003) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
[Book] Turfa, Jean M. 2013. The Etruscan World. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 960, fig. 52.14 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M. 2005. Catalogue of the Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59, fig. 42a-b; p. 283, no. 319 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
[Catalogue, Exhibition] White, Donald, et al. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 37, no. 54 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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