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Accession_Number REDMG:1964.1647
Shape Oinochoe
Shape_description Large trefoil oinochoe. High swung strap handle emerges from below the trefoil mouth and reattaches at the middle of the shoulder; slightly concave neck with a step at the top of th the slightly sloping shoulder that curves continuously to a squat, rounded body; broad angled foot with slightly raised base.
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 10YR 10/3
Decoration Black glazed except reserved on lowest part of body and underside; two red bands on shoulder and single red band around the middle of the body.
Inscriptions
Condition Mouth missing; gouge in shoulder (perhaps inclusion blown out in firing process); decoration worn and discoloured, with light grey deposits, especially on handle; base slightly chipped.
Technique/Style Black glaze; overpainted
Provenance
Period Classical
Date 475-425
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Front view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe.

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Front view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe.

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Front view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe, showing handle.

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Front view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe, showing the band around the middle of the body.

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Front view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe, showing band around the middle of the body.

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Oblique view of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe, showing missing mouth.

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Top view of the bottom of a large Corinthian trefoil oinochoe, showing base.
Comparanda See Corinth 13, 130-32 fig. 14. Cf. especially Corinth T1443: Corinth 13, 256 no. 373-2, pl. 60.
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height Pres. 11.4
Diameters Neck 2.8, body 11.6, base 7.7
Handle_height 2.8
Other_dims. W. handle 2.0
Location 1.2.1
Edited_by Denise; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 22.08.2002; 18.08.2004; 16.03.22
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