Attic Oinochoe By The Centaur
The decoration of this jug illustrates the combination of technical ambition and artistic uncertainty that often appears in the very earliest red figure vases.
Attic oinochoe by the centaur. Not all greek pottery appears red. Decoration of heraces pursuinig teh centaur nessos. Look they re conjoined at the torso. Akin to leagros group.
Musée du louvre paris. Mark cartwright s article on greek pottery in the ancient history encyclopedia mentions that corinthian clay was pale buff colored but the clay or ceramos whence ceramics used in athens was iron rich and therefore orange red. Firing was at a relatively low temperature compared with chinese porcelain but was done repeatedly. Two guys with shields very close together.
Next door to the class of vatican 440. Attic inscribed oinochoe name of homer siamese twins fought at troy. Black figure pottery painting also known as the black figure style or black figure ceramic greek μελανόμορφα melanomorpha is one of the styles of painting on antique greek vases it was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries bc although there are specimens dating as late as the 2nd century bc. Find out more about this object on the museum website.
To the left dieaneira to the left an old man. Lateral extensions of the handle at the rim end in plastic monkeys heads. 22 x 9 3 cm 8 11 16 x 3 11 16 in external link. Wounds on his legs means he was a specific centaur eyes appear to have sockets in them to place a stone or some object face is a painting has a bit of a smile.