1925.30.82: Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1925.30.82
- Title
- Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 4th-2nd century BCE
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Italic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291034
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Technique
- Black glaze
- Dimensions
- 17.6 × 10.5 cm (6 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Excavated from Tomb V, Poggio Sommavilla, Italy by Fausto Benedetti, Italy (1896-1897), sold; to Joseph Clark Hoppin, Boston (1897-1925), bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
- Accession Year
- 1925
- Object Number
- 1925.30.82
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Small pitcher of beige, slightly pinkish clay covered in a dull black gloss; the foot ring and the interior below the rim are reserved. The ovoid body is flattened in front and back; the mouth has a slight trefoil shape with pinched spout. The mouth is partly damaged, the foot is chipped, and the gloss has flaked off in parts, especially at the handle.
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/2023 - 01/01/2050
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