| Collection: | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Summary: | Confronting cocks with snake in between, youth on horseback and bird |
| Ware: | Corinthian |
| Painter: | Near the Cavalcade Painter |
| Date: | ca. 595 BC - ca. 570 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.196 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Oinochoe |
| Ceramic Phase: | Middle Corinthian |
| Period: | Archaic |
Condition:
Paint is flaking from the handle and rim, and there is pitting on the trefoil mouth and over most of the surface.
Decoration Description:
To the right of the handle, there is a youth on horseback, facing right, with a small regardant bird in front of him. The youth's short pants (or chiton?) are painted red, as are alternate strands of the horse's mane, breast, and rear flank. The neck of the bird has red dots, and its wing cap and alternate feathers are also red. To the right, there is a serpent with four coils, tail near the bottom of the panel and head near the top. Incised circles and ovals decorate its body, with a scale pattern on the belly. Its mouth is open and tongue darting. It is flanked by two cocks, facing inward. They have incised rows of parallel lines on their necks and double rows of tail feathers. There is a smooth reddish-brown enhancement (over jet black, lustrous paint) on their combs, part of the pouch under their beaks, wing caps, and alternate tail feathers. To the right of the cock is a sphinx facing left. It has a raised sickle-shaped wing, and there is red paint on its face, wing cap, and alternate feathers. For filling ornament, there are three small rosettes with double center rings below the serpent, one above each cock, one between the cock and sphinx, and one over the hindquarters of the horse.
On the lowest band are rays, above which is a thick band of black. The neck, mouth, and handle are black, with a relief ring at the neck painted red.
Shape Description:
Globular oinochoe with trefoil mouth
Material Description:
The clay is a warm buff with occasional bits of chalk.
Collection History:
Henry L. Pierce Fund, purchased 1901.
Sources Used:
AJA 73(1969): 109-122.
Other Bibliography:
AJA 68 (1964): 355-370ArchEph (1975): 32-40