Oinochoe

MS2492

From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS2492
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Attic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Manufacture Location Attica
Date Made ca. 500 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Figure
Iconography Maenad | Vines | Dance
Description

Oinochoe shape IV. Unglazed: underside of disk foot and panel on front. Relief ring at base of neck painted red. Borders of panel: above, black tongue pattern; at each side vertical zig-zag line between two pairs of vertical lines. The scene in the panel is of two maenads dancing, one towards the left, the other towards the right, both facing inward, vines intwined around and above them.

Height 17.5 cm
Outside Diameter 13.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 954 - Stevenson Etruscan Series Number

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