A Greek Black-glazed Oinochoe, Third Quarter of the 5th Century B.C.

with high convex handle and beaked spout flanked by concentrically ribbed rotelles, the ogee foot reserved on the perimeter and underneath.

New York Private Collection (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 20th, 1982, no. 107, illus.)

Excellent and intact, chip on edge of foot, some possible retouching to minor nicks and edges where glaze might be thin such as edges of the spout.
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Cf. Antikenmuseum Berlin, Die ausgestellten Werke, Berlin, 1988, p. 140, no. 9, and G.M.A. Richter, Shapes and Names of Athenian Vases, New York, 1935, fig. 128.