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 and transferred to the Manhattan District Attorney, New York, for restitution to Italy
Published References
Sotheby's, London, July 10, 1990, lot 264.
Charles Ede, Corinthian Pottery VIII, London 1992, no. 1.
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 34.
Not on view
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