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The Chous — the Wine-Jug of the Feast

The little pitcher of the new-wine festival — squat, gripped one-handed, mid-pour.

What

A terracotta oinochoe of the chous shape — the wine-jug filled at the Anthesteria, the Athenian festival of the new wine.

Why

A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work in The Metropolitan Museum (CC0). The object exactly as it survives, at print scale.

Notice

The squat body is built to be held one-handed, mid-pour, mid-party.

“A whole festival fits in one jug.”

Format

The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.

Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.

Size

$39.00

Honesty

Reproduction

A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 75.2.12.

Kind
reproduction
Era
Attic, ca. 430–420 BCE
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — a work of antiquity (Pompeii / the Greek vase canon). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0). isPublicDomain:true; accession 75.2.12; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.

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