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Olpe (Corinthian black-figure ware)
630 BCE-620 BCE
- Medium
- earthenware
- Measurements
- 39.0 × 23.5 × 20.7 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Corinth, Greece
- Inscription
- none
- Accession Number
- 268-D5
- Department
- Antiquities
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International - Physical description
- Jug with an ovoid body, wide flaring mouth, strap handle and on the rim two circular lugs either side of the handle. Around the neck a narrow fillet. Decorated with aimal friezes of lions, panthers, goats and sphinxes. On the body, between the animals are solid black rosettes and on the neck dotted rosettes. At the base are short rays. The details are in added purple/red and white. On the underside is a brown dot at the centre and a brown circle. The neck is black within.