Olpe (pitcher)

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Olpe (pitcher)

Artist: Related to the Chigi Group

Culture: Greek

Date: ca. 640-630 B.C.

Medium: Terracotta

Dimensions:

height 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 Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.

Object number: 86.134.176

Provenance: sold 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, 1986

Published References H.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

Label Text

The 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)

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Olpe (pitcher)

Olpe (pitcher)