RECONSTRUCTION OF MISSING HANDLE          FROM ANCIENT GREEK VASE                 "OINOCHOE"  500 B.C.

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Before restoration

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This graceful vase, known by its shape as "oinochoe" was used for the drawing and pouring of liquids like water and wine. In fact the root of the word "oinochoe", "oinos", is ancient Greek word for wine. Vase was delivered to our studio with very bad reconstruction of the handle and poor spout repairs.

Vase after removal of old handle, with visible traces of the shape of the original handle

New handle after restoration