trefoil-mouth oinochoe
- Museum number
- 1836,0224.2
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured oinochoe with trefoil mouth.
On the body: Apollo and Artemis. On the left Apollo stands holding in his left a chelys, his right resting on his hip; he is a youthful beardless figure with long wavy hair, of which a single tress falls on each shoulder; he wears a long sleeved chiton and himation. He is confronted by Artemis, who holds in her left a bow, and holds up her right hand as if addressing Apollo. She wears a long sleeved chiton, himation fastened on the left shoulder, a quiver, and a radiated stephane; her hair is passed at the end through a roll.
On the foot an incised character.
Late stage of strong severe style. Brown inner markings and upper folds of chiton; the hair over the forehead in rows of dots in thinned black. The lower folds of the chiton are arranged in regular groups of four each. Below, a strip of pairs of maeanders set alternate ways, separated by dotted cross squares; at the junction of the neck, a strip of egg pattern.
- Production date
- 490BC-460BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 38.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
Él. Cér. ii, pl. 12, p. 31; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 322, no. 3.
For the incised character, Old Catalogue, pl. B.855.
- Location
- On display (G20a/dc53)
- Condition
- Broken, but nothing missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1836
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1836,0224.2