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MM 18178 :: oinochoe

Object description: Beaked spout; neck with straight profile; flattened shoulder; rounded body, lower part flaring; double rolled handle from rim to shoulder; flat base. Light to medium brown clay; red wash with lustrous surface; black glaze. Plastic decoration: rolls ending in discs on rim; two horizontal ridges below spout. Vertical strokes on spout; spotted owl on neck opposite handle, flanked by acanthus leaves and inverted waves; two rosettes as filling ornaments; cross-hatching on shoulder panel; on body opposite handle large, confronting female heads seen in profile, both wearing a necklace, earrings, ‘spiked’ diadem and sphendone; black palmette fan on body below handle, flanked by two large, reserved palmette fans encircled by reserved bands; decoration on lower body almost entirely erased.

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