| Collection: | Indiana University Art Museum |
| Summary: | Central panel with leaping dogs and ibexes. |
| Ware: | Fikellura |
| Date: | ca. 580 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 30.8 cm, H. without handle 26.8 cm, D. of foot 10.3 cm, D. of lip 13.0 cm, Max. D. 20.0 cm. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Oinochoe |
| Ceramic Phase: | Early Fikellura |
| Period: | Archaic |
Condition:
Brown glaze, originally on foot and lower body, is now missing.
Decoration Description:
The central panel (only on obverse) is framed by a simple, vertical guilloche on either side, with filled centers, and the panel contains: a leaping dog, an ibex, a leaping dog and ibex (all r.). The filling ornament: triglyph motive in two different heights at the base line; in the very center, below, a somewhat abstract palmette; on top, a hanging half rosette (with a triangular interior subdivision and an outer border of small squares in between a double line); at the left, a large, now rather faded, quatrefoil rosette. Spoked-wheel rosettes, dot-rosettes and cross-designs are scattered, spaciously. Three registers of "crescents," the middle one in reverse direction, each register separated by a row of dots bounded by thin lines. A row of simple strokes (tongue patterns) at the base of the neck, and a meander band on the neck. There is a square, in brown glaze, drawn at the base of the handle and the reverse is otherwise decorated with rays. There are now only traces of added red on the decoration.
Shape Description:
Trefoil oinochoe, low flaring ring foot, heavy, ovoid body, low offset neck, wide trefoil mouth, three-reeded handle. Surface covered with thin, cream slip, partially gone. Foot and beginning of lower body glazed with brown glaze (now missing). Three-reeded handle barred on exterior, reserved on interior.
Material Description:
The clay is rather porous in structure with grog and some calcine impurities, with small micaceous specks. Its color reads approximately 2.5 YR 66 light red (Munsell).
Essay:
Collection History:
Museum purchase
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Other Bibliography:
For a brief mention of the acquisition of the piece: