Harvard Art Museums > 1965.82: "Wild Goat Style" Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher): Wild Goats and Geese Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation""Wild Goat Style" Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher): Wild Goats and Geese , 1965.82,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/290188. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1965.82 Title "Wild Goat Style" Oinochoe (Wine Pitcher): Wild Goats and Geese Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date c. 700-500 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Asia Minor Period Orientalizing period Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/290188 Physical Descriptions Medium Terracotta Technique Wheel-made Dimensions H. 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Formerly Hearst Collection; purchased from Muenzen und Medaillen, Basel, Switzerland. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund Accession Year 1965 Object Number 1965.82 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Trefoil-mouthed oinochoe (wine pitcher) of light reddish-brown clay containing some mica, with white slip and dark brown painted decoration that has in places misfired to red (additional red highlights?). The decoration consists of a guilloche on the neck, five and a half water birds on the shoulder, four grazing wild goats on the belly, and a lotus and bud chain on the base; various filling ornaments appear in the two animal friezes. The handle is a modern restoration. Commentary A characteristic example of the East Greek "Wild Goat Style," named after the favored decorative motif. Publication History David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 11, no. 7. Exhibition History Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982 Related Works Straus.7829 X-radiograph(s) of "East Greek Oinochoe Wine Jug" Photographs Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
