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Miniature olpe (Attic black-glaze ware)

GREECE, Attica
Miniature olpe (Attic black-glaze ware)
 4th century BCE

Medium
earthenware

Measurements
14.0 × 8.0 × 6.9 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Professor Gregory, 1909

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Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Greece

Accession Number
863-D2

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Small jug with single strap handle from body to rim, looping above rim at greatest height. Plain, slightly flared rim. Base slightly concave on underside. Decorated in black glaze all over except underside of foot. Glaze extends into interior for 1.5 cm. Glaze is carelessly applied. Clay is pink-buff.

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