Etruscan Bronze Round-Lipped Oinochoe, 600 BCE - 400 CE
Bronze
5 x 6.5
FZ.038
The handle of this elegant vessel terminates in the head of an animal, perhaps a hound or a fox. That is the only concession to decoration the piece makes: otherwise...
The handle of this elegant vessel terminates in the head of an animal, perhaps a hound or a fox. That is the only concession to decoration the piece makes: otherwise it maintains an unbroken simplicity of line that is immensely appealing to the modern eye. Time has added an emerald patina that lends the vase a new visual dimension, transforming what was once a functional object into a work of art.