Trefoil Oinochoe with a Waterbird in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Title: East Greek Trefoil Oinochoe

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Culture: East Greek

Places: Ionia (present-day western Turkey) (Gallery Label (created))
East Greece (Place Created)

Date: 625–600 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

Object Number: 82.AE.126

Dimensions: 20.3 cm (8 in.)

Credit Line: Gift of Vasek Polak

Alternate Title: Pitcher with a Waterbird (Display Title)

Department: Antiquities

Classification: Vessels

Object Type: Oinochoe

The neck of this Wild Goat style jug is decorated with a guilloche. On the body, in a panel beneath the central lobe of the trefoil mouth, a waterfowl walks to the right. In the field are various filling ornaments. The panel is framed on either side with a segment of meander band. Below are two broad black bands and long pointed rays.

Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/10346/unknown-maker-east-greek-trefoil-oinochoe-east-greek-625-600-bc