Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

late 4th–early 3rd century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161

Yellow-slipped pottery is unusual in Apulia but typically occurs in pairs of oinochoai and paterae. The jug served to pour liquids and the patera was one of several shapes used for offerings. The handle of the patera is in the shape of a youth with hands raised; two rams form the transition to the bowl; and a ram's head appears below the youth's feet—a convention for bronze handles since the Archaic period.

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Title: Terracotta oinochoe (jug)
Period: Hellenistic
Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: H. with handle 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.255
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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