Oinochoe, Pitcher
1922.01.0067
Detailed Images
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Oinochoe, Pitcher (1922.01.0067) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | Attributed to the workshop of the Baltimore Painter |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Hellenistic, 325 – 300 BCE |
Culture | South Italian Greek |
Location | On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Height) | 32.8 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 12.4 cm |
Dimension 3 (Diameter) | 6.0 cm |
Weight | 711 g |
Measuring Remarks | D1 and D2 include the handle. D3 is the base diameter. |
Materials | Ceramic--Terra Cotta, Pigment--Glaze |
Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Glazing |
Munsell Color Information | Black (N 2.75/) -ns Moderate Yellowish Pink ( 5 YR 6.5/4) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | APULIAN RED-FIGURE TALL-NECKED OINOCHOE Shape and Ornament: Trefoil mouth, triple handle, flaring stem with torus foot. Inverted rays on neck, egg-and-dot frieze on shoulder. At base of handle a molded satyr's(?) head. On lower body, reserved band with black stripe above waves. Subject: Woman seated on stool holding an open box in her left hand and an oinochoe in her right. She wears a chiton, bracelets, necklace, and a beaded fillet. Facing her, Eros holding fillet in his right hand and a situla in his left. He is nude but for amulets and a fillet. One reverse, palmettes and volutes. Relief contour throughout. Accessory Colors: White rays on neck, woman's hair ribbon and Eros' wings, fillets. Yellow egg-and-dot frieze, stephane, oinochoe, box, stool, fillet, situla, and Eros' wings. From Leprignano. Attributed to the workshop of the Baltimore Painter by A. D. Trendall. About 325-300 B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 47, 1-2. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | For a similar Eros and situla, see the lekanis lid in Bari 666 (RVAp II, p. 876, no. 105, pl. 336:2). A seated woman with very similar hair and drapery appears on an oinochoe in Hildesheim RM 15 (RVAp II, p. 877, no 116, pl. 337:I). |
Bibliography | Bohen, B. et al, From Alexander to Augustus. University of Illinois: Champaign, 1983. 1983P.0028. Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Pages 37-38, Plate 47, 1-2. Also see unpublished student paper that argues it is not Eros but Hermaphroditus that is represented. 2012P.0068 |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection |
Reproduction | no |
Reproduction Information | N/A |