The 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.
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Title:Terracotta oinochoe: chous (jug)
Artist:Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 490–480 BCE
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm) diameter 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number:22.139.32
Said to be from Vulci
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