Terracotta oinochoe (jug), Hellenistic, ca. 325–300 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Vases, Nike driving a chariot preceded by Eros with a situla (bucket). The oinochoai are open at the bottom, indicating that they were made for funerary use. The opening rendered them useless as containers but permitted liquid offerings to flow into the ground
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Terracotta oinochoe, jug, Hellenistic, ca, 325–300 B.C, Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 17, 43.2 cm, Vases, Nike driving, chariot preceded, Eros, situla, bucket, oinochoai, open, bottom, indicating, funerary, opening rendered, useless, containers, permitted liquid, offerings, flow, ground
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