Piriform Bucchero Oinochoe
625-575 BCE
Description
Very low, conical base with subtle central concavity. Walls curve up and out to point of maximum diameter, which is above center. Rounded shoulder with simple moulding at junction with neck. Tall, thick, flaring neck. Broad lip with subtly articulated trefoil spout. Thick ribbon handle attached at lip and upper shoulder rises only very slightly above rim. Small, pointed knob at either side of handle at lip. At point of maximum diameter on body is a thick band of vertical incised lines bounded by incised horizontal bands. Black matte finish with little burnishing. Misfired to a dark tan color in places. Broken and mended with some buff-colored fill.
Dimensions
27.2 x 15.9 cm (rim diam.) (10 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreSilver
17th centuryBritishPale blue-green glass
Graeco-RomanEnamel
20th centuryAustrianPorcelain with decoration painted in polychrome enamels over a crackled glaze
19th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina
6th-5th century BCEChineseMetal
16th centuryItalianCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishGray stoneware with incised and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze (originally with appliqué dangles). Reportedly recovered in Ch'angnyŏng, South Kyŏngsang province, in 1962.
6th-7th centuryKoreanLight gray stoneware with incised, combed, and openwork decoration and with traces of natural ash glaze
5th-6th centuryKorean