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A South Italian-Apulian oinochoe
Late 4th century BC
Gnathia
Gnathia
Apulia
A Greek provincial piece made in a Greek colony in southern Italy.
A Greek provincial piece made in a Greek colony in southern Italy.
Black on red clay
Height: 21cm
Circumference: 43cm, maximum
Circumference: 43cm, maximum
Museum number: L18
Vermeule catalogue number: Vermeule 549
On display: Library-Dining Room
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This jug is decorated in a white and reddish-yellow floral pattern decoration featuring a palmette between two volute scrolls, with a bead and a dentil border above.
An oinochoe is a wine jug with a curved handle from lip to shoulder and a round or trefoil mouth which was used in serving wine from a krater.
An oinochoe is a wine jug with a curved handle from lip to shoulder and a round or trefoil mouth which was used in serving wine from a krater.
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