Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Centaur and bird, snake, and hare
At the handle, pair of eyes, incised. Lateral extensions
of the handle, at the rim, end in plastic monkeys' heads.
The decoration of this jug illustrates the combination of technical ambition and artistic uncertainty that often appears in the very earliest red-figure vases. The artist here is proficient in the new medium, but he still employs some black-figure conventions, as indicated by the incised eyes.
At the handle, pair of eyes, incised. Lateral extensions
of the handle, at the rim, end in plastic monkeys' heads.
The decoration of this jug illustrates the combination of technical ambition and artistic uncertainty that often appears in the very earliest red-figure vases. The artist here is proficient in the new medium, but he still employs some black-figure conventions, as indicated by the incised eyes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
- Artist: Attributed to an artist near the Andokides Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 530 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
greatest diameter 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
diameter of foot 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Darby Nock Bequest, in memory of Gisela M. A. Richter, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.11.4
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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