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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Greek
| | Title: | Oinochoe
| | Date Made: | Archaic Period; Late 7th-6th century BCE
| | Type: | Ceramic
| | Materials: | Ceramic; earthenware
| | Place Made: | Europe; Greece
| | Measurements: | Overall: 10 7/8 in x 6 7/8 in; 27.6 cm x 17.5 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1910.2.B.AIII
| | Credit Line: | Purchased in Rome
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: The oinochoe is decorated with black and red paint. The trefoil lip and upper neck area are painted black with two narrow black bands framing a wavy black line on the lower portion of the neck. The painted black handle rises from the lip and attaches at the shoulder. On the shoulder are rays extending from a narrow black band. The upper half of the body is decorated with a wide red band framed by a wide black band on either side. The lower portion of the body is decorated with black rays which extend from the black painted foot; on the underside of the foot is a black band on the outer edge.
Tags: pottery; ancient; archaeology; vessels Subjects: Civilization, Ancient; archaeological objects; Pottery Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1910.2.B.AIII |
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