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The animal frieze decorating the widest part of this round-bodied wine jug recalls black-figure pottery imported to Etruria from Greece (especially Corinth). The shape itself, with trefoil mouth and raised handle to facilitate pouring, also resembles Greek models, as do the simple tongues and rays above and below. But the polychromed animals—brightly painted with added white and reddish-purple—identify the vase as Etruscan, likely made at Vulci. The two deer seem to be grazing on stylized plants, unconcerned about the unusual animals pursuing them; these may be lions with horns and long tongues.
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112817
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Polychrome Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Deer and Lions (?)
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112817
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Polychrome Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Deer and Lions (?)
description
The animal frieze decorating the widest part of this round-bodied wine jug recalls black-figure pottery imported to Etruria from Greece (especially Corinth). The shape itself, with trefoil mouth and raised handle to facilitate pouring, also resembles Greek models, as do the simple tongues and rays above and below. But the polychromed animals—brightly painted with added white and reddish-purple—identify the vase as Etruscan, likely made at Vulci. The two deer seem to be grazing on stylized plants, unconcerned about the unusual animals pursuing them; these may be lions with horns and long tongues.
date
c. 600–575 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60759949
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.)
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Etruscan (Etrusco-Corinthian), probably made at Vulci
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1931.425
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Polychrome Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Deer and Lions (?), c. 600–575 BCE. Etruscan (Etrusco-Corinthian), probably made at Vulci. Ceramic; overall: 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch, 1931.425
collection
GR - Etruscan
didYouKnow
Four animals encircle this jug—two grazing deer and two predators, perhaps lions.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 1001483
citation
Hanfmann, G.M.A. 1940. "A Polychrome Vase," <em>Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, </em>vol. 9.3.
page_number
pp. 44-49 (mentioned on p. 46, illustrated on p. 48, fig. 5).
citation
Brown, William Llewellyn. <em>The Etruscan Lion</em>. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960.
page_number
p. 59, no. 15.
citation
Szilágyi, János György. <em>Ceramica etrusco-corinzia figurata</em>. Firenze: L.S. Olschki, 1992.
page_number
pp. 82-83, no. 5; Tav. XXIc-e.
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum</em>. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
page_number
p. 27, plate 41,2 & 41,2
creditline
Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch
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2026-05-29 05:56:36.036000
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112817
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Etruscan
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ceramic
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