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Olpe (pitcher)

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San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
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Olpe (pitcher)

Artist Related to the Chigi Group

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art

CultureGreek

Dateca. 640-630 B.C.

MediumTerracotta

Dimensionsheight of rim: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
height to handle: 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm)
diameter of rim: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm)
max. diameter: 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm)
diameter of foot: 4 in. (10.1 cm)

Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Object number86.134.176

Geography

Place madeCorinth, Greece

DescriptionA pitcher (olpe) decorated on the upper part of the body with a scale pattern (alternate squares are painted red) above purple bands on the lower part of the body.Label TextThe upper part of this olpe is decorated with alternating red and black scales, a pattern that may have been inspired by contemporary textiles. (Jessica Powers 2008)Provenancesold by Artemis Gallery, Munich, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1985; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986Published ReferencesH.A. Shapiro, C.A. Picón, and G.D. Scott, III, eds., Greek Vases in the San Antonio Museum of Art (San Antonio, 1995) p. 54, no. 13

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