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Oinochoe (Wine Jug) in the Form of a Woman's Head

Oinochoe (Wine Jug) in the Form of a Woman's Head

c. 475–450 BCE

associated with Class N

Greek, Attic
ceramic
Overall: 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.520
Location: 102B Greek

Did You Know?

The artist used white paint for the eyes and an ivy wreath, now partly lost.

Description

Mold-made vases in the form of human heads became popular in Athens in the fifth century BC. Although some represent male figures (including Herakles, Dionysos, and satyrs) and often take the form of drinking cups, wine jugs in the form of women’s heads are most common. Unusual on this example are the incised ears.
  • ?-1926
    Mr. Mario de Ciccio, Naples, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1926-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Beazley Archive. n.d. Beazley Archive Pottery Database. Oxford: Beazley Archive. BAPD 340188 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
    Beazley, J. D., J. D. Beazley, and J. D. Beazley. Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters (Second Edition). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. p. 504, No. 136BIS
    Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971. p. 25, Plate 39, 7-8 www.beazley.ox.ac.uk
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