Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)diameter 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm). Date: ca. 490-480 B.C..Youth playing lyre and boy listeningThe chous (pl. choes) served to take wine from a krater and poured into a drinking cup. It was also the shape associated with the Dionysiac festival called the Anthesteria in which the new wine was celebrated. Children were a major part of the festivities, and a large number of choes depict them. While this vase need not be directly connected with the festival, the combination of shape and subject certainly evokes it. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)diameter 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm). Date: ca. 490-480 B.C..Youth playing lyre and boy listeningThe chous (pl. choes) served to take wine from a krater and poured into a drinking cup. It was also the shape associated with the Dionysiac festival called the Anthesteria in which the new wine was celebrated. Children were a major part of the festivities, and a large number of choes depict them. While this vase need not be directly connected with the festival, the combination of shape and subject certainly evokes it. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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