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Accession_Number REDMG:1958.61.1
Shape Oinochoe handle
Shape_description
Material Bronze
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Handle of a bronze oinochoe, decorated at the upper end with a woman's head, hair tied back, in the round and at the lower end a face of satyr, in relief.
Inscriptions
Condition Handle, some damage to woman's face and some wear to bronze in the centre of the handle.
Technique/Style Relief; cast
Provenance
Period Early Hellenistic
Date 323-250
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the face of satyr in relief at the lower end (left).

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Front view of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the face of satyr in relief at the lower end.

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Side view of the top of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the head of woman in the round.

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Front view of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the face of satyr in relief at the lower end.

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Side view of the top of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the head of woman in the round.

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Front view of a bronze oinochoe handle showing the face of satyr in relief at the lower end (right).
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Beazley_DB
Height 11.3
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. Woman's face: H. 1.3; W. 1.0; Satyr face: H. 3.3; W. 2.1
Location Technique
Edited_by Faye Cheesman
Date_edited 16.07.2003
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