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Accession_Number

REDMG:1951.142.1

Shape

Oinochoe

Shape_description

Trefoil mouth attached at the back to a small strap handle that reattaches at the bottom of the shoulder; short cylindrical neck curves into a baggy, bulbous body; broad, angled ring foot, rounded at the bottom, thin resting surface, slightly convex on underside.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

Black except for body scene (ruddled), and reserved resting surface and underside. Scene depicts a female figure, profile to left, between tendrils from which emerge flower buds; a bulls eye in the lower left field. The woman wears a veil over her head and across her shoulders; some curly hair emerges from the edge of the veil.

Inscriptions

Condition

Missing two small chips on the rim and one on the foot; surface slightly scratched and pitted, with slight grey deposits near the bottom.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

375-350

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

No precise comparanda have been found but the ornament on this vase relates it to the works of the minor painters and workshops associated with the Iliupersis Painter and other painters (Cambitoglou and Trendall, RVAp ch. 11). Cf. particularly Liverpool 50.60.65 (RVAp 11/116).

Image

2003.93.0038.jpg	Right side view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe.
2003.93.0039.jpg	Front view of Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.97.0686.jpg	Front view of Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing a female head, profile to the left.
2003.97.0687.jpg	Back view of Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing the handle.
2003.97.0688.jpg	Top view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing the mouth and the top of the handle.
2003.97.0689.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing the reserved base.
2004.99.0702.jpg
2004.99.0703.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing a female head with profile to the left.
2004.99.0704.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe.
2004.99.0705.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing the handle.
2004.99.0706.jpg	Front view of an Apulian red-figure oinochoe.
2007.01.0183.jpg	Front view of Apulian red-figure oinochoe, showing a female head, profile to the left.