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Black-Glaze Oinochoe

1913.04.0002

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Artifact Identification Black-Glaze Oinochoe   (1913.04.0002)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
    2. :
  2. Food Service T&E
    3. :
  3. Serving Vessels
Artist/Maker Attributed as Campanian by D. Amyx
Geographic Location
Period Hellenistic
Date 300 – 250 BCE
Culture South Italian Greek

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 16.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 9.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter) 5.3 cm
Weight 274 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description

ITALIC BLACK-GLAZE OINOCHOE
SHAPE AND ORNAMENT Ovoid body, slightly flaring and grooved foot. Flaring mouth, pinched into a trefoil with pointed front. Glaze continues inside neck. Slight ridge around neck. Body ribbed, handle s-shaped and lightly fluted. Molded female head at base of handle.
DIMENSIONS AND CONDITION H. 0.071 m.; d. body 0.098 m. Fine tan clay, glossy black glaze with blue sheen. glaze slightly chipped at base of handle and on foot.
From Naples. Attributed as Campanian by D. Amyx (in a letter dated 5/5/79). First half of the third century B.C. This vase may not be Campanian but central Italic, since its closest parallel is a 'Romano-Etruscan' ribbed oinochoe from the Volterra region, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 62, 5-6.
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 52, Plate 62, 5-6.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Classical Museum Purchase, Dedicated by Wendell and Dorothy Williams.
Reproduction no

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