Terracotta Oinochoe Attributed to the Painter of Louvre CA 1694 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; red-figure

Culture: Greek, Attic

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 450 B.C.

Artist or Maker: Attributed to the Painter of Louvre CA 1694

Dimensions: H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906

Accession Number: 06.1101


Description:

Two satyrs

The significant element in the interchange between the two satyrs is the skyphos (deep drinking cup) held by one of them. It may be full of wine. It may also be empty and about to be used as a chamber pot. Although Greek vases were designed to fulfill a specific purpose, they lent themselves to any number of other uses.

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