Oinochoe (wine jug) Photos

Oinochoe (pl. Oinochoai) are ceramic or bronze wine jugs with one vertical pouring handle with a sometimes fancy pouring spout, often with a trefoil shape. Oinochoes would currently most resemble modern pitchers or jugs.

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Greek earthenware Oinochoe with red-figure lion & goose at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware Oinochoe used like a ladle to pour wine from a bowl to cups by the Bearded Sphinx Painter from Italy at Lady Lever Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Oinochoe jug with animal frieze from Kamiros, Rhodes at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Etruscan black ceramic Bucchero Ware Oinochoe wine jug at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Greek earthenware Oinochoe with red-figure lion & goose (late 7thC BCE) at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Earthenware Oinochoe used like a ladle to pour wine from a bowl to cups (625-600 BCE) by the Bearded Sphinx Painter from Italy at Lady Lever Art Gallery. Liverpool, England.Oinochoe jug with animal frieze (610-580 BCE) from Kamiros, Rhodes at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Etruscan black ceramic Bucchero Ware Oinochoe wine jug (550-500 BCE) at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Greek terracotta white-ground oinochoe with Heracles & Nemean lion attrib. to painter of London made in Athens found in Vulci in Etruria at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Greek terracotta red figure oinochoe with Persian soldier mocked sitting on a mule made in Athens at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Athenian red-figure terracotta oinochoe wine vessel with sacrifice scene at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Ancient Greek Oinochoe pitcher for pouring wine at Museum of World Treasures. Wichita, KS.
Greek terracotta white-ground oinochoe (wine jug) with Heracles & Nemean lion (c520-500 BCE) attrib. to painter of London made in Athens found in Vulci in Etruria at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Greek terracotta red figure oinochoe (wine jug) with Persian soldier mocked sitting on a mule (c470 BCE) made in Athens at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Athenian red-figure terracotta oinochoe wine vessel with sacrifice scene (400-390 BCE) at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Ancient Greek Oinochoe pitcher for pouring wine at Museum of World Treasures. Wichita, KS.
Athenian red-figure terracotta oinochoe wine vessel with armed owl at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Greek or Etruscan blue glass pitcher with white, yellow & turquoise feathered decoration at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Etruscan bronze trefoil-mouthed Oinochoe wine jug at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
Athenian red-figure terracotta oinochoe wine vessel with armed owl (c400-390 BCE) at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.Greek or Etruscan blue glass pitcher (Oinochoe) with white, yellow & turquoise feathered decoration (400-200 BCE) at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA.Etruscan bronze trefoil-mouthed Oinochoe wine jug (c300 BCE) at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.
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