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62: An Early Western Greek Oinochoe

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62: An Early Western Greek Oinochoe
This is a rare, early (!) oinochoe (wine jug), dating to about 720 B.C. and of western Greek origin. The body of the vessel is decorated with a series of horizontal stripes. On the shoulder is a frieze, consisting of two registers; the upper register is filled with an series of triangles, pointing upward, alternating with circles or dots; the lower register contains another series of triangles, this time pointing downward, and zigzag lines. The neck also shows two registers, framed by several horizontal stripes, and each containing zigzag lines and groups of vertical lines. On the handle seven vertical stripes. The outside of the mouthpiece is black. Dimensions: Height 23.7 cm. Provenance: German private collection G.D.; ex Cahn Basel (IADAA dealer). Literature: For the shape of the oinochoe and its decoration with horizontal stripes compare John Boardman, Early Greek Vase Painting, 11th - 6th Centuries BC. A Handbook (London, Thames and Hudson, 1998), fig. 114 and 119; J.N. Coldstream, Greek Geometric Pottery. A Survey of Ten Local Styles and their Chronology (Methuen's Handbooks of Archaeology) (London, Methuen, 1968), pls. 19 b-c (Corinthian) and 36a (Naxian). For the decoration with triangles pointing in opposite directions see for example a (differently shaped) vessel from Crete, Coldstream, o.c. pl. 53g; for the decoration in general compare Boardman, o.c. fig. 113.

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