Oinochoe

MS2613

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS2613
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Bucchero
Description

Bucchero oinochoe. Short ring foot with flat undersurface. Ovoid body, long neck with flaring rim, slight spout. Two protuberances on rim, one on either side of handle. Strap handle attached at lip and shoulder.

Decorated with three sets of incised rings around the body. Each set is comprised of about 5 incised lines, although these are quite uneven and vary somewhat as one moves around the vase (as few as four or as many as eight).

Surface quite encrusted. Several repaired cracks and breaks.

Note: has a blue and white sticker with dots, with the number “4” written on it.

Height 21.59 cm
Width 14.29 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 4 - Other Number

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