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Oinochoe
Oinochoe

Oinochoe

the Meidias Painter
about 400 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
Dimensions11 x 27.8 cm (4 5/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8254
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to a letter from John Marshall they [01.8254-01.8255] were purchased from Rhousopoulos with other fragments that had been stored in a cabinet with a note saying they were from the tomb of Dexileos in the Dipylon, Athens; see also Warren's records for the three fragments from the Dexileos tomb acquired by MFA in 1898 [98.934-.936] where he noted Rhousopoulos said at the time of the find he was not able to persuade the museum to take all the shards. Half went to the museum, where they were mixed up with other pieces; half to himself); December 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren


Water jar (hydria) depicting Eros, a woman, and a young girl playing with a panther
Water jar (hydria) depicting Eros, a woman, and a young girl playing with a panther
the Meidias Painter
end of the 5th century B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
the Meidias Painter
about 425 B.C.
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
Oil flask (lekythos) with women and children
the Meidias Painter
about 425 B.C.
Bride and woman holding a necklace
Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of an acorn with scene of bridal preparations
the Meidias Painter
410–400 B.C.
Oil flask (squat lekythos) with Eros, a man, and a woman
Oil flask (squat lekythos) with Eros, a man, and a woman
the Meidias Painter
410–400 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe) with chariot and Nike
Pitcher (oinochoe) with chariot and Nike
the Meidias Painter
about 400 B.C.
Oinochoe
Oinochoe
the Meidias Painter
about late 5th century B.C.
Fragment of a pitcher (oinochoe) with a drunken youth attended by a boy and a young woman
Fragment of a pitcher (oinochoe) with a drunken youth attended by a boy and a young woman
the Meidias Painter
about 400 B.C.
Oinochoe fragment
Oinochoe fragment
the Meidias Painter
about 410 B.C.
Oinochoe fragments with a horse race
Oinochoe fragments with a horse race
the Meidias Painter
about 410 B.C.
Group shot: 95.58, 00.628, 10.203
Loutrophoros fragment
the Meidias Painter
late 5th century B.C.
Fragment of a mixing bowl (krater) with Aphrodite holding a mirror
Fragment of a mixing bowl (krater) with Aphrodite holding a mirror
the Meidias Painter
about 410 B.C.