Oinochoe

L-64-216

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Italy | Apulia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-216
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Apulian | South Italian
Provenience Italy | Apulia
Manufacture Location Apulia
Date Made 399-300 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Red Figure
Iconography Woman | Box | Wreath
Description

On front: Woman, fully clothed, seated on a three-tiered rock, facing left. In her right hand she holds out a box with the lid up. In her left she holds behind her a wreath (?). At a level just below her knees is an object like a straight cane with a cross-bar at one end, suspended in air horizontally. Behind the woman at head level in the field is a circular object of some size: a shield? Recomposed from many fragments; possibly some repaint.

Height 33.4 cm
Outside Diameter 11.8 cm
Other Number 99-141 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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