The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)

Period:: Classical
Date:: 2nd half of 5th century B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession Number:: 24.97.34

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 159

Description

Children playing at, or parodying, a Dionysiac procession
References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1925. "Athenian Red-Figured Vases." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 20(5): p. 131, fig. 9.
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