Athenian red-figure oinochoe
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Athenian red-figure oinochoe: learning to dance

Classification
oinochoe; red-figure pottery
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 15.3 cm
Date
third quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Period
Classical Period (480–323)
Material
clay
Iconography
dancer; periapt (periamma); youth; lyre; mantle; chair/throne; tongue pattern
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Alföldi, András (1895–1981)
Inventory
50.334
ID
Hyp-3150
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 53; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 60

The oinochoe depicts a naked youth, who is wearing periapt on his chest and learning to dance. The other youth is sitting on a chair, wearing a mantle, and playing on a lyre.

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