Front view
| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Summary: | Jar with a plastically modelled female head as the neck and mouth of the vessel. |
| Ware: | Boeotian |
| Context: | Said to be from Thebes |
| Dimensions: | H 0.116 m D 0.06 m |
| Shape: | Plastic jar |
| Region: | Boeotia |
Decoration Description:
The clay is a pale dull orange, with very fine black and white particles. The body is elliptical, cut off at the foot and at the neck. A plastically modeled female head is inserted in the vessel to form the mouth. It is very archaic, with protruding pointed chin, eyes painted with black lines, and black hair. On the body of the vase are horizontal lines, broken by an abbreviated meander in the middle, and by a band of reverse chevrons near the neck.
Material Description:
The clay is a pale dull orange, with very fine black and white particles.
Collection History:
Henry L. Pierce Fund, 1901.
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