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Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
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Small pitcher of beige, slightly pinkish clay covered in a dull black gloss; the foot ring and the interior below the rim are reserved. The ovoid body is flattened in front and back; the mouth has a slight trefoil shape with pinched spout. The mouth is partly damaged, the foot is chipped, and the gloss has flaked off in parts, especially at the handle.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Excavated from Tomb V Poggio Sommavilla Italy by Fausto Benedetti Italy (1896-1897) sold; to Joseph Clark Hoppin Boston (1897-1925) bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1925.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Title: Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
Description:
Small pitcher of beige, slightly pinkish clay covered in a dull black gloss; the foot ring and the interior below the rim are reserved.
The ovoid body is flattened in front and back; the mouth has a slight trefoil shape with pinched spout.
The mouth is partly damaged, the foot is chipped, and the gloss has flaked off in parts, especially at the handle.
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