MAKE A MEME View Large Image Greek - Geometric Style "Oinochoe" - Walters 482077 - Side B.jpg Vessels of the Geometric period 900-700 BC are easily recognizable by their abstract decorative designs which had their origin in woven textiles and baskets While early period ...
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Keywords: Greek - Geometric Style "Oinochoe" - Walters 482077 - Side B.jpg Vessels of the Geometric period 900-700 BC are easily recognizable by their abstract decorative designs which had their origin in woven textiles and baskets While early period vases typically have sparse geometric motifs on a black background the amount of the decoration increased progressively to the point that objects from the late Geometric period are often entirely covered- in this example even the strap handle Friezes on the shoulder and belly of the jug contain 16 fields metopes filled with geometric designs like swastikas and rosettes as well as checkerboard zigzag lattice meander and hatched patterns An oinochoe is a wine jug with a distinctive trefoil-shaped mouth which in this case would have been closed with a lid now lost ca 750 725 BC late Geometric terracotta cm 44 28 2 accession number 48 2077 13207 Biblion Inc L Gottschalk Forest Hills New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum 1955 by purchase Museum purchase 1955 place of origin Athens Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek pottery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Greek pottery oinochoes Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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