Terracotta barrel-shaped oinochoe (jug), –700


Terracotta barrel-shaped oinochoe (jug), Geometric, ca–700 , Etruscan, Italo-geometric, Terracotta, H. 13 3/16 in. ( cm), Vases, This unusual shape is often found with another distinctive container, a bird-shaped askos. Some scholars have proposed a connection with a wine ritual. Such vases, their painted ornaments heavily influenced by Greek geometric pottery, were produced at Vulci


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