Oinochoe with plastic snakes on the handle,

ca. 675 BCE

These vases point to the vibrant exchange of materials, styles, and techniques that occurred across the Mediterranean. The stamnos (a type of mixing bowl) depicts on one side a man who holds the bridle of a horse,below which is a fish—a combination that is more typically seen on the Geometric period pottery of Argos (in the Greek Peloponnese) even though this example was made in Etruria (on the Italian mainland). While also made in Etruria, the oinochoe (jug) was decorated in a style developed in Corinth (also on the Greek mainland) that featured bands of decorative patterns, animals, and plants. Two snakes undulate up the length and to the top of the wide handle, where their heads are joined by a third, bodiless snake head.