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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