Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Maenads and Pantheress
525 BCE-500 BCE
Description
Black-figure oinochoe with trefoil mouth, low handle from shoulder to rim. The scene depicts two maenads who face one another dancing and holding krotala (clappers). They both wear a chiton and himation, decorated with added red and white in light stripes, dots, and rosettes. Added white is also used for the figures' flesh. At their feet, a pantheress faces right with her frontal face peering straight at the viewer. The background is populated with long, curving vines.
Dimensions
actual: 22.6 x 13.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Frederick M. Watkins, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1959. In addition, a handwritten note in the 1973 catalogue written by David Mitten quotes a March 5, 1973 letter from Dietrich von Bothmer: "Sold by Morley. Belongs to the Keyside Class." [Andreya Mihaloew 4/28/2008]
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