oinochoe

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Object Type
Museum number: 1836,0224.58
Description: Pottery: black-figured oinochoe. Design in black on a buff panel; on the lip, chequer; on the neck, dots and lotus-buds inverted; down the sides, dots; white accessories. Satyr crouching down to right, carrying a Maenad on left shoulder; she has long hair and a long chiton, and plays the double flute. In the field, branches.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 500BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Attica (Greece)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Vulci
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; incised
Dimensions: Height: 15.24 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Vase / Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum (B478); Old Catalogue / A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (636)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satyr; mythical figure/creature; music
Associated names
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (sale); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.58

Free entry