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South Italian Red-Figure Oinochoe
Circa Late 4th Century BC
Description: Large trefoil-lipped red-figure oinochoe depicting a nude youth athlete holding a wreath and thyrsos. The youth wears a himation draped across his elbows and a wreath around his head. The scene is framed by a border of egg-and-dot pattern above, a wave pattern below and a single reserved line at the sides. Set behind the youth is a palmette and phiale and before him, a shrub with berries. Rosettes and florals in the background. The underside of the low base ring is partially glazed in black with a wedge in reserve.
Height: 8.5 in. (21 cm)
Condition: The vessel has a long but stable stress fissure. Earthy encrustation on the neck and mouth.
Provenance: Formerly a British property acquired in the 1970s.
Reference: See Ceramica Italiota a Figure Rosse della Collezione Chini del Museo Civico di Bassano del Grappa (Rome 1979) by Giuseppe Andreassi, no. 48 for a similar chous with the same marking on the foot.
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