Chous (miniature wine vessel). Greece, late 5th c BC. Red-figure pottery. Newark Museum of Art collection [4590×6120] [OC]
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Chous (miniature wine vessel). Greece, late 5th c BC. Red-figure pottery. Newark Museum of Art collection [4590×6120] [OC]
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https://collections.newarkmuseumart.org/objects/128467/oinochoe-chous
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[3. Oinochoe (chous) Greece, late 5th century BCE
Red-figure pottery
The Eugene Schaefer Collection. Gift of Mrs. Eugene Schaefer, 1950
50.261
Miniature wine vessels like this one were often embellished with scenes of babies and children. Found in children’s burials, they were likely used during an annual festival called the Anthesteria, when Athenians gathered to drink the year’s new wine to honor Dionysus and the deceased.]