Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Youth playing lyre and boy listening
The chous (pl. choes) served to take wine from a krater and poured into a drinking cup. It was also the shape associated with the Dionysiac festival called the Anthesteria in which the new wine was celebrated. Children were a major part of the festivities, and a large number of choes depict them. While this vase need not be directly connected with the festival, the combination of shape and subject certainly evokes it.
The chous (pl. choes) served to take wine from a krater and poured into a drinking cup. It was also the shape associated with the Dionysiac festival called the Anthesteria in which the new wine was celebrated. Children were a major part of the festivities, and a large number of choes depict them. While this vase need not be directly connected with the festival, the combination of shape and subject certainly evokes it.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
- Artist: Attributed to the Berlin Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 490–480 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
diameter 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.139.32
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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