A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience 30 March 1976

30 March 1976

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and snout resting on the ground near his front paws

Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet

A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience 30 March 1976A wheel thrown pottery oinochoe (chous) with discoid foot, piriform body, gently tapering neck, trefoil mouth, and applied strap handle. The vessel is covered in a lustrous black glaze and decorated in the red figure technique. The principal panel depicts a seated female figure, likely Aphrodite, holding a dove, her customary attribute. She is shown seated upon a stool and clad in a finely rendered chiton, her hair arranged in curls gathered into a