Terracotta fragment of an oinochoe: olpe (jug)

Unknown

third quarter of the sixth century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

On the rim, a checkerboard pattern; below, on the neck, labyrinth meander; two black glazed lines, a chain of pomegranates, and two black lines; on the body of the olpe, a draped maenad, riding a bull, holding krotala in her raised left hand; the maenad's hair is up in a fillet, she has a necklace and earrings, wears a patterned chiton, and black and red striped himation; in the background, vines

Artist

Unknown

Date

third quarter of the sixth century BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011