A Pair of Etruscan Oinochoes Jugs

Etruscan | 5th Century B.C.
Rare pair of oinochoes of the ‘Beazley VI’-shape | With a ram’s head on the top and a siren’s bust at the bottom of the handle
H. 13,5 cm.

PROVENANCE
With Rhéa Galerie Fine Antiquities & Archaeology | Zurich | Nr. 137
Dutch private collection | The Hague | Acquired at TEFAF Maastricht from the above in 1999 | With proof of purchase dd. 30th March of 1999

EXHIBITION
TEFAF | Maastricht | 1999

REPORT
With restoration report by R. Leenheer | Allard Pierson Museum | Amsterdam

LITERATURE
Wanroij, F. van (2026). ‘Vaatwerk van de Etrusken. Zeldzaam paar oinochoai uit de Middellandse Zee’ In: Vind, no. 62, pp. 82-85

REFERENCE LITERATURE
Krausfopf, I. (1980). Etruskische und Griechische Kanne der form VI im 5. Jahrhundert. Symposium Manheim, pp. 146-155
Krausfopf, I. (1984). Terrakotta-Imitationen der Bronzekanne der Form Beazley VI in Athen, Westgriechenland und Etrurien. Symposium Amsterdam, pp. 83-87

CATALOGUE NOTE
Rare pair of bronze Oinochoae, each with one handle adorned with a ram’s head on the top and a siren’s bust at the bottom, with at the opposite side a typical trefoil pouring spout. Sir John Beazley distinguished ten types. The earliest is the olpe, with no distinct shoulder and usually a handle rising above the lip. The chous was a squat rounded form, with trefoil mouth. The present pair are of the ‘Beazley VI’-shape.