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Angled view of an onion-shaped black and orange jug with a pinched mouth and handle, along with illustrations of a sphinx, roosters, and floral motifs painted on the surface.

Phineus painter

Wine Jug (Oinochoe) with Sphinx, Archaic (Greek)

Description

Maker

  • Phineus painter

Culture

Italo-Greek

Title

Wine Jug (Oinochoe) with Sphinx

Year

Archaic (Greek)

Medium

clay

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • terracotta,
  • black-figure

Techniques

  • terracotta,
  • black-figure

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm (10 11/16 inches) (with handles)

Place

Archaeological Site: Italy, Possibly; Archaeological Site: Rhegium, Possibly

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

30.082

About

Wine Jug (Oinochoe) with Sphinx

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Archaeological Site: Italy, Possibly; Archaeological Site: Rhegium, Possibly

Projects & Publications

Publications

Classical Vases, Excluding Attic Black-Figure, Attic Red-Figure and Attic White Ground

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Wine Jug (Oinochoe) with Sphinx with the accession number of 30.082. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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