Greek black glaze oinochoe, Campania, c.4th century BC
Terracotta
Height: 15.8cm
12761
£ 4,800
Further images
The elegant trefoil-lipped jug is covered is a rich black glaze, and is set on a moulded ring foot. Above it a pear-shaped body topped by a slender neck with a deeply pinched trefoil rim, a tall vertical handle rises from the almost flat shoulder arching in a curl before attaching to the back of the rim. Miltos wash on the underside of the base. Intact, a scratch to the glaze on the body, and a couple of chips to the glaze around the rim touched in.
Provenance
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria; acquired 1994 at Dorotheum Wien, AustriaMichael Grabner, Vienna, Austria; acquired 20th November 2018
Rudolf Leopold was the founder of the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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