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Attic Black-Figure Olpe

Attic Black-Figure Olpe

Black-figure Gorgon Painter · about 590 B.C.
Black-figure olpe decorated with a lion moving to the right. There is an eye in the space framed by the lion's curled tail and a large palmette in the field to the right. Large rosettes decorate the background. Red is added on the mane and belly of the lion and the rosettes. The vessel is composed of joined fragments; the lion's head is missing and the handle is partially preserved.
Technique
Black-figure
Date
about 590 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Attic)
Painter
Gorgon Painter
Dimensions
H: 23.90 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
76.AE.55
Image Source
getty_cc0
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)