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Olpe (Etrusco-Corinthian ware)
6th century BCE

Medium
fired clay
Measurements
17.7 × 13.0 × 10.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Accession Number
80D-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893
© 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
Not on display
Physical description
Jug with a wide, flaring mouth and single strap handle joined from the mid-body to the rim. On the rim are two tiny lugs either side of the handle. The clay is pink-buff and decorated in black/brown and red, the black imperfectly fired. There is a black band around the mouth and the exterior neck and handle are all black. Below the neck is a reserved band decorated with groups of vertical dashes. Below this, between red bands are pattern bands of incised semi-circles, overlapping and interspersed with reserved dots. There are vertical dashes below this to the foot.