Object Image

Terracotta fragment of an olpe (jug)

Fragment from the mouth and neck of an olpe; on the mouth, ivy; below, on the neck, horizontal, circumscribed palmettes with added white in the heart of each palmette; on the top of the panel, a key pattern

Credit: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

530-500 B.C.
Terracotta; black-figure
2011.604.3.2777
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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