2012.1.80: Miniature Oinochoe

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2012.1.80

Title

Miniature Oinochoe

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

4th century BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Latium

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Culture

Etruscan

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/175467

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Wheel-made

Dimensions

6.46 x 2.88 cm (2 9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (before 1970-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University

Accession Year

2012

Object Number

2012.1.80

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Black-glazed miniature oinochoe with a segmented globular body. The neck has a funnel shape, flared at the flat mouth. The vertical handle attaches low on the neck; the vessel sits on a ring foot. The neck may show signs of repair; the glaze is damaged in places around the vessel.

Publication History

• John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), P29, p. 71 [M. C. Marvin]

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