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Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe (Shape 1)

Date

about 520–510 B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek (Attic)

Department

Vessels

Institution

Getty Museum

Peleus wrestling Thetis. On the left, Peleus (most of his buttocks and right hip missing) is shown to right, his arms in a wrestling hold, grapsing Thetis’s body and left arm. He wears a fillet and a short chiton tied below the waist. Thetis, moves to right, looking back. Her right hand hangs limply and her left is raised. She has a fillet in her hair and wears a himation over a long chiton. In the field, vines and clusters of grapes. The panel is framed above by a band of unenclosed tongues, at the sides by a key pattern, and below by a ground line. One red line encircles the vase below the decorative panel. The jug has a trefoil mouth, and is glazed on the inside to a depth of approximately 6.3 cm. The round handle is fully glazed, and rises above the level of the lip. The torus foot is glazed on the topside and edge, with a red line on the side. Its lower edge and underside are reserved. Painted and incised marks (chi) under the foot. Adapted from Clark. A., CVA Malibu 2 (1990)

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