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Accession_Number REDMG:1953.25.59
Shape Oinochoe
Shape_description Deep round mouth with rounded rim, concave, slightly overhanging lip, attached to a high swung vertical strap handle, which reattaches at the shoulder. Below the mouth is a short neck with a ridge at the attachment to the globular body, slightly flattened, and a low, sharply angled foot with a flat base.Corinth round-mouthed oinochoe, type A, group i: see Corinth 13, 131 fig. 14, 134.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Corinthian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 7/4
Decoration Black glaze fired red in places; ghost of a palmette from the bottom of which emerge two volutes, in added white on shoulder at front; red band between two white lines on shoulder, just below handle attachment; red band on widest part of body; underside reserved except some black glaze overlapping from the sides.
Inscriptions
Condition Decoration worn and chipped (on handle and rim); dent to surface on lower body; light gray deposits on lower body.
Technique/Style LC III; Black glaze; overpainted; added white
Provenance
Period Late Archaic / Early Classical
Date 500-450
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Artist
Attribution
Image

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Right side view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinochoe.

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Front view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche.

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Front view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche, showing handle.

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Front view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche.

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Front view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche.

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Oblique view of part of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche, showing faded palmette.

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Oblique view of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche.

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Front view of the bottom of a Corinthian round-mouthed oinoche, showing base.
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Beazley_DB
Height 11.2
Diameters Rim 4.3, body 9.2, foot 6.9
Handle_height 5.5
Other_dims. H. to rim 9.3; W. handle 1.4.
Location Death
Edited_by Denise; Amy
Date_edited 12.07.2002; 19.08.2004
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