Ancient Art
Public domain

Oinochoe showing a Siren

4th century B.C.

Terracotta; red-figure. Red wash.

Height (to top of handle): 8.5 cm., 3 1/4 in. Height of foot: 0.4 cm. Height to top of lip: 8.3 cm. Diameter of body: 6.8 cm Diameter including handle: 7.5 cm. Diameter of foot (exterior): 4.5 cm. Diameter of foot (interior): 3.7 cm. Diameter of ne
Gift of Rebecca Darlington Stoddard
1913.140
Culture: 
Greek, South Italian, Lucanian
Period: 
Classical
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramic
Status: 
Not on view
Provenance: 

Ex collection Dr. Paul Arndt.

Bibliography: 

Professor Paul V. C. Baur, Preliminary Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greek and Italian Vases in Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1914), 17, no. 142.

Professor Paul V. C. Baur, Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greek and Italian Vases at Yale University, 1st ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1922).

Ludwig Deubner, Attische Feste. Mit 40 Tafeln (Berlin: H. Keller, 1932), 112.

Richard Hamilton, Choes and Anthesteria: Athenian Iconography and Ritual (Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1992).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.