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Polychrome Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher)
circa 300 BCE-200 BCE3rd century BCE
60.3 cm x 15.5 cm (23 3/4 in. x 6 1/8 in.)
Anonymous Primary
Object Type:
ceramic
Artist Nationality:
Europe, South Italian (Canosa)
Medium and Support:
Terracotta
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.5
Object Description:
The faded scene on the body of the vase features Eros, the god of love, leading the four-horsed chariot of Nike, the goddess of victory. This object takes the shape of a pitcher, but it has no base and no pouring spout, which indicates that it was not meant to be functional.
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