A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience Dimensions:

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It is generally supposed that the wedjat was the moon eye

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formed by laminating individual pieces in separate colors under great heat which causes them to fuse together

30 March 1976

A Large Apulian Red-Figure Oinochoe, Magna Graecia, ca. 4th century BCE Vessels - Faience Dimensions:A wheel thrown pottery oinochoe (chous) with discoid foot, piriform body, gently tapering neck, trefoil mouth, and applied strap handle. The vessel is covered in a lustrous black glaze and decorated in the red figure technique. The principal panel depicts a seated female figure, likely Aphrodite, holding a dove, her customary attribute. She is shown seated upon a stool and clad in a finely rendered chiton, her hair arranged in curls gathered into a