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Oinochoe (pitcher)

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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
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Oinochoe (pitcher)

Artist Soldier-bird Workshop

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art

CultureGreek

Dateca. 730-720 B.C.

MediumTerracotta

Dimensionsh. at top of handle: 19 11/16 in. (50 cm)
h. to rim: 18 1/4 in. (46.3 cm)
diam. of body: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
diam. of rim: 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm)
diam. of foot: 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm)

Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Object number86.134.22

Geography

Place madeGreece

DescriptionLarge pitcher with a tall handle attached at the rim and shoulder, and joined to the neck by two struts. Three panels with lozenge-stars on the neck are separated by vertical bands; on the lower part of the neck and the body, horizontal bands alternate with three rows of water birds and bands of dotted lozenges and dotted lambdas.Label TextIn the 8th century B.C. Greek vase-painters began to depict human and animal figures on their vases. Three rows of water birds alternate with horizontal bands and geometric patterns on this oinochoe. (Jessica Powers, 2008)Provenancesold by Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1983; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986Published ReferencesH.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picon, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., “Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art” (San Antonio, 1995) p. 50, no. 9

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