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Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Unknown Artist
Decorated with cable pattern on the neck, myrtle wreath on the shoulder and crescents and tongues on the body.

Credit: Purchase, Richard A. Van Every Gift, 1974 ...
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6th century B.C.
Terracotta
11.2 x 11.2cm
1974.11.2
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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