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Attic Black-Figure Olpe
Gorgon Painterabout 590 B.C.
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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.
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Details
- Title: Attic Black-Figure Olpe
- Creator: Gorgon Painter
- Date Created: about 590 B.C.
- Location Created: Athens, Greece
- Physical Dimensions: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
- Type: Olpe
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 76.AE.55
- Culture: Greek (Attic)
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Howard J. Barnet
- Creator Display Name: Gorgon Painter (Greek (Attic))
- Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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