Acquisition number: 1965.18
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On the shoulder is a youth seated right, a wreath in his raised right hand, a tray of offerings and a second wreath in his left. His lower body and legs are draped and he has a wreath about his head and a string of amulets about his chest. To either side stands a simple altar and, by the handle, tendrils. White is added for the three wreaths, the amulets, the objects (probably eggs) on the tray and on the altars, and for the outline of the youth's seat. There is a band of egg and dot above.
On the body is a band of laurel. The groove between body and foot and the underside are reserved. There is no wash inside.
Title: Paestan Red-Figure Oinochoe (shape VI) - 1965.18
Acquisition number: 1965.18
Attribution: Asteas and Python Painters.
Culture or period: Paestan Red-Figure.
Date: Third quarter 4th century BC.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Jug/wine jug
Dimensions: 91mm (w) × 170mm (h)
Origin region or location: Italy
Origin city: Paestum.
Display case or on loan: 8
Keywords: Campanian, Paestan, Red Figure, Asteas Painter, Python Painter, A.D. Trendall
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 68; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum (British School at Rome 1987) 216 no. 776.
1965.18
Paestan Red-Figure Oinochoe (shape VI)
Presented by Professor A.D. Trendall. Ht 17cm; diam. 9.1cm.
Intact and in good condition. Ridged handle; low ring foot. Rather metallic black glaze.
On the shoulder is a youth seated right, a wreath in his raised right hand, a tray of offerings and a second wreath in his left. His lower body and legs are draped and he has a wreath about his head and a string of amulets about his chest. To either side stands a simple altar and, by the handle, tendrils. White is added for the three wreaths, the amulets, the objects (probably eggs) on the tray and on the altars, and for the outline of the youth's seat. There is a band of egg and dot above.
On the body is a band of laurel. The groove between body and foot and the underside are reserved. There is no wash inside.
The vase is attributed to the group about the vase-painters Asteas and Python, the major figures in Paestan vase-painting of the third quarter of the fourth century. The former in fact established the canon for the development of the Paestan school. For the stylistic analysis and classification of Paestan, see the fundamental work by Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum (British School at Rome 1987), and more recently M. Denoyelle, La céramique grecque de Paestum. La collection du musée du Louvre (Paris 2011).
This shape of oinochoe is rare in Paestum as it is in most other centres outside Etruria. It has the appearance of being derived from metal, but one has to admit that not many metal examples are known either. On the shape in Attic, see Green, “Oinochoe”, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 19, 1972, 1-16. For some examples in metal, marble and clay, M. Pfrommer, Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 98, 1983, 245-247.
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 68; A.D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Paestum (British School at Rome 1987) 216 no. 776.