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Olpe (Etrusco-Corinthian black-figure ware)

ITALY, Etruria, THE PAINTER OF THE BEARDED SPHINX (attributed to)
Olpe (Etrusco-Corinthian black-figure ware)
 620 BCE-600 BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
26.4 × 15.9 × 14.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1961
© Public Domain

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Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Gandel Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International

 

About this work

An olpe is a type of oenochoe, or wine jug. This one is an excellent example of a local Etruscan imitation of a Corinthian import. The single band of decoration depicts a panther, a lion and a goat, all facing right and confronted by another lion facing left. The unusual depiction of the lions’ heads suggests that the artist had never seen a real lion and was copying other artists’ representations.

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Etruria, Italy

Accession Number
269-D5

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

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