Olpe (pitcher) with Animal Friezes
Place made:Corinth, Greece
Culture: Greek
Period: Archaic period
Date: ca. 650-625 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
h. 10 1/2 in. (26.4 cm); diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund
Object number: DEAC.93.17
Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1990, lot 264, to Charles Ede, Ltd., London; sold by Charles Ede, Ltd., to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993 [accession number 93.17]; deaccessioned in January 2022 for restitution to Italy
Not on view
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