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Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.16

Shape

Oinochoe

Shape_description

Trefoil mouth at the back of which is attached a hook-shaped round handle that begins above the height of the mouth and turns back to join the shoulder, with a slight spur; short neck curving into a baggy body in a continuous curve; short ring foot with narrow, rounded resting surface, diagonal inside wall, and pointed underside. Handle attachment is indicative of the Dotted Spray Group

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Gnathian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

10YR 8/3

Decoration

Black glazed, except for interior (beyond mouth), lower part of body, and underside. Superimposed (faded) decoration: dotted spray around lower part of neck; mask falling between two dotted sprays; red band on reserved area at lower part of body.

Inscriptions

Condition

Superposed colour faded and glaze worn on widest part of body, scratched on rim, handle, and body, small chip on mouth.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; added colour

Provenance

Period

Early Hellenistic

Date

325-300

Dating_details

Artist

Dotted Spray Group

Attribution

JRG 14.11.2003: Imitation of Dotted Spray Group

Image

2003.93.0077.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe showing trefoil mouth and handle.
2003.93.0091.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe showing trefoil mouth and handle.
2003.98.0145.jpg	Left side view of a Gnathian oinochoe showing trefoil mouth and handle.
2003.98.0146.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2003.98.0147.jpg	Top view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the mouth and handle.
2004.99.0037.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2004.99.0038.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2004.99.0039.jpg	Front view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the trefoil lip and the front of the body.
2004.99.0040.jpg	Left side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2004.99.0041.jpg	Back view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the handle.
2004.99.0042.jpg	Oblique 3/4-view of the right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2004.99.0043.jpg	Oblique 3/4-view of the right side of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2004.99.0044.jpg	Top view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the trefoil lip and the top of the handle.
2004.99.0045.jpg	Bottom view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the reserved underside.
2005.99.0086.jpg	Detail of body of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing worn glaze.
2005.99.0087.jpg	Left side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2005.99.0088.jpg	Front view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the trefoil lip and the front of the body.
2005.99.0089.jpg	Right side view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the body, the handle and the trefoil lip.
2005.99.0090.jpg	Back view of a Gnathian oinochoe, showing the trefoil lip and the back of the body.