Female Head Effigy Oinochoe
Artist
Unknown Greek
CultureGreek (Attic)
Titles
- Female Head Effigy Oinochoe
Date500–400 BC
Made inAthens, Greece
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (15.5 × 10 × 5.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.15
Not on view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.
"Containers and Vessels" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston October 21, 1989–January 1990 Subsequent tour
Published References Hoffman, Herbert. Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections. Houston: Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1971. Fig. 179. McCully, Marilyn. Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay. New York: Abrams, 1998. Fig. 31.
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530–510 BC
Terracotta
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325–150 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
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325–150 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
37.13
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400–300 BC
Terracotta with traces of polychromy
34.136
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500–470 BC
Terracotta with slip and traces of polychrome paint
37.16