3-037-556 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Oinochoe, 50-25 B.C. Additional Info: The pitcher has a pear-shaped body and a distinctively shaped neck and mouth: the neck is triangular in cross-section, its angled curves setting it off from the rounded body, while the opening of the mouth is hour-glass shaped rather than trefoil, its sides sharply constricted and raised to form two horn-like projections. The low foot was hammered separately and soldered to the bottom. It has concentric moldings on the underside. The handle and the ivy-wreathed satyr head (separate from the handle itself) were also separately made and soldered on. The handle has a thumb-like projection at the top of the curve, and a sequence of curlicues on the crescent-shaped attachment to the mouth.