Bronze oinochoe (jug)
Unknown
5th century BCE · Bronze · Greek and Roman Art
The body of this small jug is ornamented with meticulously incised tongue patterns that flank a delicate cable frieze. On the base of the handle is the head of a lion's skin, which may allude to the pelt worn by Herakles.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 5th century BCE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Etruscan
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1913
