Oinochoe
MS4084
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4084 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) | Herculaneum (uncertain) |
Creator | The Phantom Group |
Date Made | 5th century BCE - 4th century BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Superposed Color |
Iconography | Flowers |
Description | Decoration probably all in added white, most of which has now disappeared leaving only discolorations of the glaze. Decoration entirely floral. On lower body is a wheel-painted line which serves as the ground line for a convoluted tendril at left and right; in the center is a vertical herring-bone plant. On the shoulder are numerous short lines which radiate from the base of the neck. On the neck in the center is a vertical plant with a top like a spear-point; on either side is a convoluted tendril. Below the handle is another "spear-head" plant. Lip has been broken in part and glued back with some plaster restoration. Otherwise intact. |
Height | 25 cm |
Outside Diameter | 12.3 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Worthington G. Smith, 1894 |
Other Number | B36 - Other Number |
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