Accession_Number | REDMG:1935.87.1 |
Shape | Trefoil-lip oinochoe |
Shape_description | Trefoil mouth at the back of which is attached an angular strap handle, that rises slightly and then descends sharply to join the lower shoulder; long neck that broadens gradually to a piriform body; short ring foot with rounded profile, flat resting surface, diagonal inside wall, and slightly convex underside. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Apulian |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 10YR 7/4 |
Decoration | Black glaze except for reserved band at join with foot and underside, including resting surface. At the front of the body, the shoulder is decorated with an incised ovolo grieze between two incised lines; this frieze is accentuated with white inscribing the eggs and white dots between the eggs. Beneath is another pair of incised lines between two rows of white dots. The body is decorated with a red band from which emerges, above and below, (ivy) sprays, in added white gilded with yellow; two clusters of grapes (again white gilded with yellow) hang from this band. Some clusters of three red dots on lower part of body. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Missing large chip from right side of mouth; grayish-whie deposits, especially on mouth, top of handle, and lower part of body; decoration faded. |
Technique/Style | Gnathian; superposed colour |
Provenance | |
Period | |
Date | 325-300 |
Dating_details | |
Artist | Sidewinder Group; Dunedin Group |
Attribution | JRG 14.11.2003 says 'comparatively late member of group', falls within Dunedin Group (except that has female head between wings) |
Image | |
Comparanda | Cf. Green 2001, 87, fig. 10 (ex Charterhouse). |
Bibliography | BICS 1968.18 (Webster) |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 22.3 |
Diameters | Neck (min.) 4.4, body 12.2, foot 7.1 |
Handle_height | 12.5 |
Other_dims. | |
Location | Symposium |
Edited_by | Denise; Amy; Kinsey; Joana Varela |
Date_edited | 09.08.2002; 29.10.2004; 10.01.2006; 24.04.2017 |