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Oenochoe (Apulian red-figure ware)
320 BCE-310 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
26.1 × 18.0 cm diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1979
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This slender wine jug is decorated with the head of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love, flanked by winged putti, representing Eros, who grasp the red veil over Aphrodite’s head. The scene is framed by a riot of scrolling tendrils from which flowers bloom, including the flower from which Aphrodite’s face emerges. The scrolling vegetation occupies both sides of the vase and directly meets the more formal yet complex palmette design on the back of the vase whose motifs are also framed by shorter, more contained scrolling ornament.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Apulia, Italy
Accession Number
D28-1979
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited