Oinochoe

64-18-6

From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 64-18-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture South Italian
Provenience Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain)
Manufacture Location South Italy
Date Made 499-400 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Black Glaze
Description

Ring foot with broad resting surface. Body only slightly rounded in profile, the diam. greatest at the shoulder which is only gently sloping from base of neck to outer edge. Trefoil lip strongly pinched in leaving gap of only 0.05 m. Strap handle attached at shoulder, rising above and down to attachment at top of back of lip. Top of lip grooved beneath glaze.

Intact. Oyster white clay. Fully black glazed except resting surface and bottom which are resrerved and painted red.

Height 20 cm
Outside Diameter 10.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Minerva S. Buerk, 1964

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