Greek oinochoe as a female head, Athens, c.500-450 BC, attributed to the Basle Class
Terracotta
Height: 16cm
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Wine jug moulded into the shape of a youthful female head with centrally parted auburn hair in a krobylos that morphs into the tall black-glazed neck of the vessel. Facial...
Wine jug moulded into the shape of a youthful female head with centrally parted auburn hair in a krobylos that morphs into the tall black-glazed neck of the vessel. Facial features picked out with black slip, including thin arched eyebrows, and the outline of the eyes. Applied white highlights the eyes, red for the lips and hair. High arching handle attached from the plastic head to the back of the trefoil lip, the base flat. Handle repaired, Small infilled chips including to the tip of nose. Very minor patches of dirt encrustation.
I. Paper label on underside of base reading "HS 22" referring to Harald Schmid and the reference from the 1967 publication.
I. Paper label on underside of base reading "HS 22" referring to Harald Schmid and the reference from the 1967 publication.
Provenance
Dr. Harald Schmid (1901-1970), Biel, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1967, thence by descentExhibitions
Solothurn, Zentralbibliothek, Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern-Biel-Solothurn, 21 October-3 December 1967.Literature
Compare Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Brussels 3, III K, pl.1, 3aPublications
Kunst der Antike aus Privatbesitz Bern, Biel, Solothurn: Zentralbibliothek Solothurn, 1967, p.41, no.122, pl.13J. D. Beazley, Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971), p.504, no.27
Beazley Archive Datebase no: 340195
