| Accession_Number | REDMG:1935.87.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Oinochoe | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Shape 3; trefoil mouth | ||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Apulian | ||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 10YR 7/3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Mouth is black just inside rim but interior walls are reserved. The handle is black all over as is back of neck and back of body. On neck at the front is a wave pattern which forms the horizontal part of a reserved outline to the picture. Within this box is a woman with flowing robes, facing to the right holding a wreath in her right hand and a plate / tray in her left. Tendril pattern to her right at bottom of picture and a rosette in the field. Added white to bracelets, head dress and rosette. Foot was originally black outside with reserved resting surface and flat base. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Intact. Paint is dirty thus losing its glaze in most areas and appearing very dull. Large areas of black have worn away, especially on back of oinochoe, below handle. Base has large area of deposit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Red figure | ||||||||||||||||
| Provenance | |||||||||||||||||
| Period | Hellenistic | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 325-300 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Artist | B.M. Centaur Group | ||||||||||||||||
| Attribution | Trendall and Cambitoglou, RFVA 2.622.150 and 2.622.165, attribute this oinochoe, and a similar one in Reading, RM.87.35.7, to the B.M. Centaur Group, artists in the circle of the Darius Painter and the Underworld Painter. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Bibliography | CVA Reading 1, pl. 31.3; RFVA 21/150 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Body 11.8; bsae 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 6.7 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Symposium | ||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Denise; Karen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 09.09.2002; 21.04.2004 |
