Oinochoe

MS548

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS548
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Corinthian | Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Manufacture Location Corinth
Locus Tomb 5
Period Early Corinthian
Date Made 620-590 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Duck | Panther | Sphinx | Swan | Goat | Doe | Lion
Description

Trefoil oinochoe with narrow foot. Trefoil mouth flares out broadly. Three friezes of animals. Shoulder frieze: duck flanked by lion and sphinx on the left and panther, owl and sphinx on the right. Central frieze: swan flanked by sphinx and lion on left and by sphinx and panther on the right. Under handle feline flanked by siren with displayed wings on the left and grazing doe on the right. Bottom frieze: swan flanked by lion, grazing goat and grazing doe on the left and panther, then grazing goat and panther. All friezes have filling ornaments of dots, bolbs, incised blobs and incised rosettes. On inside of neck: old label inscibed GC 45 and in ink: no. 2.

Height 44.3 cm
Outside Diameter 30.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti, 1896
Other Number 2 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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