Vases Black-figure Oinochoe Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Maenads and Panth...
Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Maenads and Pantheress

Trefoil Oinochoe (wine pitcher): Maenads and Pantheress

Black-figure Oinochoe · 525 BCE-500 BCE
Black-figure oinochoe with trefoil mouth, low handle from shoulder to rim. The scene depicts two maenads who face one another dancing and holding krotala (clappers). They both wear a chiton and himation, decorated with added red and white in light stripes, dots, and rosettes. Added white is also used for the figures' flesh. At their feet, a pantheress faces right with her frontal face peering straight at the viewer. The background is populated with long, curving vines.

Shape
Technique
Period
Archaic period
Date
525 BCE-500 BCE
Culture
Greek
Dimensions
H: 22.60 cm W: 13.50 cm
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1959.189
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)