Vases Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment
Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment

Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment

Painter of Vatican 73 · about 650–630 B.C.
Reconstructed from several fragments, missing the mouth, neck, and handle; decorated with four registers of animal friezes. In the first (top) register: feline to right; two confronted sphinxes flanking a bird, or perhaps a siren; head of a panther to left. In the second register: hindquarters of a lion to left; hound to right; hind leg and nose of a grazing goat to right; forelegs of a feline to left. In the third register: feline or hound to left; grazing goat to right; two panthers back to back; two confronted sphinxes flanking a swan; ear of a feline. In the fourth (bottom) register: feline or hound to left; boar to right; panther to left; grazing goat to right; hind legs, probably of a feline, to right; bull to right; head of lion to left. Rosettes are distributed among the animals in each frieze.
Date
about 650–630 B.C.
Culture
Greek (Corinthian)
Attribution
Attributed
Dimensions
H: 28.89 cm D: 17.15 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
86.AE.39
Image Source
getty_cc0

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