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Terracotta trefoil oinochoe (jug)

Period:
Archaic
Date:
ca. 600–550 B.C.
Culture:
Etruscan, Etrusco-Corinthian
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm)
Classification:
Vases
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1925
Accession Number:
25.78.106

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 170

  • Description

    Procession of animals and hybrid creatures

    The shape and decorative format of this pitcher are directly inspired by Corinthian prototypes, but the heightened use of color is typically Etruscan. Such vases were often produced in Vulci and exported to other parts of Etruria.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1927. "Recent Accessions in the Classical Department." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 22(1): p. 17.

    Richter, Gisela M. A. 1940. Handbook of the Etruscan Collection. New York: Marchbanks Press, pp. 8, 12, fig. 41.

    Banti, Luisa. 1973. The Etruscan Cities and Their Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 213, pl. 2b.


    Szilágyi, János György. 1998. Ceramica Etrusco Corinzia Figurante. Pt. 2, 590/580 550. Florence: Leo Olschki, no. 6, p. 83, pl. XXII, a-d.

    de Puma, Richard Daniel. 2013. Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, no. 4.96, p. 116.

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