oinochoe
- Museum number
- 1838,0608.124
- Description
-
Black pottery oinochoe.
Design painted in red on black ground, with incised lines; very coarse. Mouth very much pinched in. At the back, palmette and tendrils.
On the neck, an owl to right with face to front, between two laurel-branches. On the body, a youth to left, wrapped in a himation; before him, an altar on which is a fire.
- Production date
- 400BC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 19.05 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Both the shape and the style of painting indicate Athenian influence.
- Location
- On display (G71/dc25)
- Acquisition date
- 1838
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1838,0608.124
