| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Summary: | Oinochoe decorated with hatched triangles, meanders, and dotted lozenges. |
| Ware: | Attic Geometric |
| Context: | From Athens, The Dipylon |
| Date: | ca. 760 BC - ca. 750 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.161 m., D. 0.081 m. |
| Shape: | Oinochoe |
| Ceramic Phase: | LG Ia |
| Region: | Attica |
| Period: | Geometric |
Decoration Description:
The clay is a light dull red, of firm texture. The decoration is in slightly lustrous dark brown glaze. The body of the vessel is ovoid, with a high, sloping shoulder, narrow high neck, and trefoil mouth. The handle is attached to the mouth. On the lip are hatched triangles, on the neck a high meander of hatched bands, separated by horizontal lines from bands of dotted lozenges above and below. On the body is a band of hatched erect triangles, a plain hatched band, a band of dotted lozenges, another band of hatched triangles, and a band of erect zigzag lines. They are all separated from one another by horizontal lines. On the handle are two longitudinal rows of dots separated by lines.
Material Description:
The clay is a light dull red, of firm texture.
Collection History:
Henry L. Pierce Fund, 1901.
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