Oinochoe
L-64-537
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | L-64-537 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Gnathian | South Italian |
Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
Manufacture Location | Gnathia |
Date Made | 350-250 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | molded head of snake at top of handle. On the neck yellow and white painted pointed rosette between two small dot rosettes. Body grooved; reserve space around base. Oinochoe, shape 3. No incisions. Ring foot; plump body separated from neck by a wheel-run groove painted white. Slender neck, spreading below and flaring above to trefoil lip. Handle circular in section rises from shoulder to back of lip (does not arch above); terminal ornament above is a lion's head (?). Body is covered with closely spaced reeding all around (evidently done by hand). Lower wall, foot and underside unglazed. Intact. |
Height | 21.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
Other Number | 14-331 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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