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Apulian Chous (Shape 3)

Date

about 360–350 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (South Italian, Apulian)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

An oinochoe (pitcher) of shape 3, called a chous, with a trefoil mouth and a low ring base. It is decorated with a bearded silen in profile facing left. He wears a yellowish white fillet in his hair. To the right are two palmette-scrolls and above, traces of white ivy leaves. The decoration is enclosed in a frame that has a wave patterned top border. The sides and back of the pitcher are bare.

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