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Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment (Main view, side A/B)

Painter of Vatican 73

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

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.

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  • Title: Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment (Main view, side A/B)
  • Creator: Painter of Vatican 73
  • Date Created: about 650–630 B.C.
  • Location Created: Greece (Corinth)
  • Physical Dimensions: 28.9 × 17.1 cm (11 3/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Olpe
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 86.AE.39
  • Culture: Greek (Corinthian)
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
  • Creator Display Name: Attributed to Painter of Vatican 73 (Greek (Corinthian), active 650 - 625 B.C.)
  • Classification: Vessels (Containers)
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