Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (Shape 1)

Peleus wrestling Thetis. On the left, Peleus (most of his buttocks and right hip missing) is shown to right, his arms in a wrestling hold, grapsing Thetis’s body and left arm. He wears a fillet and a short chiton tied below the waist. Thetis, moves to right, looking back. Her right hand hangs limply and her left is raised. She has a fillet in her hair and wears a himation over a long chiton. In the field, vines and clusters of grapes. The panel is framed above by a band of unenclosed tongues, at the sides by a key pattern, and below by a ground line. One red line encircles the vase below the decorative panel.

The jug has a trefoil mouth, and is glazed on the inside to a depth of approximately 6.3 cm. The round handle is fully glazed, and rises above the level of the lip. The torus foot is glazed on the topside and edge, with a red line on the side. Its lower edge and underside are reserved. Painted and incised marks (chi) under the foot.

Adapted from Clark. A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990)