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NM Ant 0856 :: oinochoe

Object description: Trefoil mouth; neck with straight profile; somewhat elongated globular body; flat base; vertical, rounded handle from mouth to shoulder. Reddish yellow clay; matt, reddish yellow slip; lustrous, black to brown paint. Mouth, handle and neck painted, except reserved panel below mouth with horse - lozenge star below the horse’s belly and in front of him, star and solid triangle above his back - on both sides of horse on neck vertical lines and hatched central field; belly encircled; remaining part of body painted.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0856

Serie nummer

640

Object

oinochoe

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Grekland

Region - Findspot

Attica

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Purchased 1881 (?) by the National Museum, Stockholm, from the private collection of the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at the Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi.

Description

Trefoil mouth; neck with straight profile; somewhat elongated globular body; flat base; vertical, rounded handle from mouth to shoulder. Reddish yellow clay; matt, reddish yellow slip; lustrous, black to brown paint. Mouth, handle and neck painted, except reserved panel below mouth with horse - lozenge star below the horse’s belly and in front of him, star and solid triangle above his back - on both sides of horse on neck vertical lines and hatched central field; belly encircled; remaining part of body painted.

Period