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Accession_Number

22.3.40

Shape

Oinochoe

Shape_description

Downturned molded rim, from which projects the horizontal element of a ridged strap handle that curves back in and descends to the shoulder. Body drops sharply from shoulder and tapers to raised base. Cf. several examples in Lipari 2, esp. Lipari 2, 138, pl. CXXXVI.4a (tomb 385, 'stile Gnathia')

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Gnathian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Black glaze except for reserved base. Incised horizontal ivy branch (slightly sloping to the right) on neck, from which descend four streams over the shoulder. Painted leaves and three dot berry groups, once white but now faded.

Inscriptions

Condition

Most of rim broken off on front and left side; slight break at top attachment of handle. Leaves and berry pattern almost entirely vanished. Glaze slightly chipped all over.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; incised

Provenance

Period

Early Hellenistic

Date

325-300

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.37.0005.jpg	Right side view of a black-glazed sicilian oinochoe, (22.3.40, left) and front view of a sicilian black-gloss neck amphora (45.6.31,right).
2003.37.0090.jpg	Right side view of a black-glazed Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.
2003.92.0287.jpg	Bottom view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing the reserved base.
2003.92.0288.jpg	Top view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing the mouth.
2003.92.0289.jpg	Right side view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.
2003.92.0290.jpg	Right side view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.
2003.92.0291.jpg	Front view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.
2003.92.0292.jpg	Left side view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.
2003.92.0293.jpg	Back view of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing the ribbed handle.
2003.92.0294.jpg	Oblique view, from slightly above, of the right of a black-gloss Sicilian oinochoe, showing incised and painted ornament on the neck and shoulder.