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Pitcher (trefoil oinochoe)
Pitcher (trefoil oinochoe)

Pitcher (trefoil oinochoe)

Pilos Head Group
about 340 B.C.
Place of ManufactureCampania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Red Figure
DimensionsHeight: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Boston Teachers Club in memory of Mary Ward (September 14, 1884 - May 6, 1949)
Accession number1970.363
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Provenance1970: published by A. D. Trendall, The Red-Figured Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, First Supplement (1970), p. 47, no. 291a, as Boston 1970.363 (ex Zurich market); by date unknown: with Royal-Athena Galleries, 1066 Madison Avenue, New York; April or early May, 1970: purchased from Royal-Athena Galleries by the Boston Teachers Club; Gift of Boston Teachers Club to MFA, May 13, 1970
Plate
Plate
The Copenhagen Head Painter
about 320–310 B.C.
Quadruple vase ("Head-Cruet")
Quadruple vase ("Head-Cruet")
The Head-Cruet Class
End of 4th century B.C.
View 2
Mug (oinochoe type 8B)
The A-B-C Group (The Winterthur Group)
330–320 B.C.
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Dionysos seated with a satyr and Dionysos with a woman (Ariadne?)
Two-handled jar (amphora) depicting Dionysos seated with a satyr and Dionysos with a woman (Ariadne?)
Three-line Group
about 525 B.C.
Restricted
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting pentathletes
the Proto-Panaitian Group
about 510–500 B.C.
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a symposium
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting a symposium
the Proto-Panaitian Group
about 510–500 B.C.
Jar (stamnos) with female athletes bathing
Jar (stamnos) with female athletes bathing
Group of Polygnotos
440–430 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe) with battle of the Greeks and Amazons
Pitcher (oinochoe) with battle of the Greeks and Amazons
The Helios Group
about 320–310 B.C.
Pitcher (oinochoe)
The Monash Group
about 360–350 B.C.
Drinking cup (skyphos) with an amorous couple
Drinking cup (skyphos) with an amorous couple
Alabastra Group
about 330–320 B.C.
Mixing bowl (column-krater)
Mixing bowl (column-krater)
Sisyphus Group; associated with the Ariadne Painter
about 400–390 B.C.
Drinking cup (kantharos)
Drinking cup (kantharos)
The Kantharos Group
about 320–310 B.C.