Olpe (Attic black-figure ware)
500 BCE
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
20.0 × 13.0 × 11.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1893
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Attica, Greece
Accession Number
80V-D1A
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
Physical description
Jug with single strap handle, plain flaring mouth and disc foot. Black-glazed all over except for the underside of the handle, the figured scene in the panel, and the underside of the foot. Figured scene: two women, seated on folding stools, face each other. They both wear clutons and long limatia decorated with added red. The woman on the left holds a drinking horn. In the background are dotted branches. Above the scene is a double band of black dots.