trefoil-mouth oinochoe
- Museum number
- 1894,0718.7
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured oinochoe (shape 2) with trefoil mouth.
Apollo, beardless, with long wavy hair falling on shoulders and wreathed with laurel, a folded himation embroidered with stars resting on his left shoulder, advances to right towards a flaming altar; in his left he holds upright a long bough of laurel; with his right he pours wine from a fluted phiale over the flames. The shaft of the altar is splashed with black; from the left upper corner hangs a wreath, and on the right of the flames is a sprig of foliage.
Late stage of fine style. Purple of wine, wreath and flames. Brown inner markings. Below, a thin red line; above, egg pattern.
- Production date
- 430BC-420BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.40 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G20a/dc53/shC)
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1894,0718.7