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Greek, Attica

Wine Jug (Oinochoe), ca. 490 BCE

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Greek

Title

Wine Jug (Oinochoe)

Year

ca. 490 BCE

Medium

Terracotta, red-figure

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • clay

Techniques

  • terracotta,
  • red-figure

Dimensions

Height: 24 cm (9 7/16 inches) (to top of handle)

Place

Attica

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

22.213

Projects & Publications

Publications

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries

Although the word symposium means literally a “drinking together,” symposia were not inclusive events. Women were not permitted to attend, with the exception of the hired female companions (hetairai), who entertained and served the all-male guests. This figural wine jug (oinochoe) was likely used in the symposium, where its anthropomorphic form would have enlivened the assortment of vessels used for sorting, mixing, pouring, and drinking wine. This vessel’s form is particularly appropriate to its function, since wine was customarily poured by hetairai during the symposium.

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