Greek Attic Blackware Beaked Oinochoe

Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 5th century BCE. A beautiful wheel-thrown pottery oinochoe with a flat base beneath a tall lower body, a dramatic carination around the midsection, a sloped shoulder tapering to a narrow neck, an elongated pouring spout with a flared tip, and an applied handle with a protruding thumb rest on top and a curled lower terminal. The vessel is enveloped in lustrous glaze of a jet-black hue, and areas of silvery iridescence create an elegant presentation characteristic of fine Attic artistry. This type of vessel would have been used for holding some precious liquid, with the long neck designed to mitigate evaporation. Size: 3.2" W x 4.7" H (8.1 cm x 11.9 cm).

For a strikingly similar example, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 06.1021.106.

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-provate Connecticut, USA collection, acquired in the 1980s

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Condition Report: Repair to midsection of handle and one flared area of spout near thumb rest, with restoration to much of one side of spout, with resurfacing and overpainting along new material and break lines. Minor nicks to carinated midsection, spout, and base, with light encrustations. Faint areas of silver iridescence across glazed areas.