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This jug, with grazing goats and bold lotus flowers painted on a cream-colored slip, is typical of the so-called Wild Goat Style. The motifs are derived from Near Eastern art, which dominated East Greek pottery from the mid-seventh century through the first quarter of the sixth century B.C.
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Title: Terracotta oinochoe (wine jug)
Period: Archaic
Date: 1st quarter of 6th century BCE
Culture: Rhodian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. with handle 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number: 19.192.12
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