Olpe
68-36-20
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 68-36-20 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Etruscan |
Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
Locus | Osteria |
Period | Early Archaic Greek Period |
Date Made | 610-590 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Ceramic |
Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
Description | Mended and plastered, large sections missing. Low flat disc base. Drop ovoid body; tall flaring back separated from body by ridge; thickened and flattened rim. Bestigal rotelle each side of handle. Flat band handle. Brown, yellow-buff and purple painted dec. On lower body, brown rays. Then, 2 registers of compass drawn incised scales filled with yellow buff and purple; brown ground. Incised tongue pattern pendent from ridge at neck; painted all 3 colors. Yellow buff scrolls each side of handle. Handle and neck down to interior rim, brown. 4 yellow buff dot rosettes on neck. Bestigal rotelles by handle painted with yellow buff dots as rosettes. Fine clay, fairly fine fabric, fired brownish buff. |
Height | 30.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 13.9 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Hercle Excavation Company; funded in Memory of Hugh Kirkwood Duffield, 1968 |
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