Oinochoe with a Female Head

ca. 330 BCE (Hellenistic) 11 in. (27.94 cm); 4 in. (10.16 cm) (max. w.) Citation Source image

As female heads were a common motif on red-figure objects of this period, it is not surprising that those depicted on the "kantharoi" (drinking vessels) in this case and on this jug are similar. The women wear a richly patterned "saccos," a head scarf which covers most of the...

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Horia Puscasiu [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Marilyn and Herbert Scher, Pikseville, MD, 1984, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2003, by gift.
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