A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience 30 March 1976

30 March 1976

It is generally supposed that the wedjat was the moon eye

formed by laminating individual pieces in separate colors under great heat which causes them to fuse together

Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet

generation

A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience 30 March 1976A wheel thrown pottery oinochoe (chous) with discoid foot, piriform body, gently tapering neck, trefoil mouth, and applied strap handle. The vessel is covered in a lustrous black glaze and decorated in the red figure technique. The principal panel depicts a seated female figure, likely Aphrodite, holding a dove, her customary attribute. She is shown seated upon a stool and clad in a finely rendered chiton, her hair arranged in curls gathered into a