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Title: Olpe. Period: Classical. Date: ca. 430 BCE. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Terracotta; red-figure. Dimensions: 5 3/16 × 3 9/16 in. (13.2 × 9 cm) Diam. of rim: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Diam. of foot: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) Classification: Vases. Credit Line: …

The Painter of Nicosia Olpe was an ancient Greek vase painter, who was producing work around 575 BC to 475 BC, and these dates are concluded from the vases that were found and attributed to the specific painter. All of the pieces are black-figure, and …

Attic Black-Figure Olpe; about 510 B.C.; Attributed to Chiusi Painter (Greek, active 520 - 510 B.C.); Terracotta; Object: 14 × 13.2 cm (5 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.); 96.AE.59

Friezes of real and fantastic animals, including lions, panthers, goats, deer, bulls, boars, swans, are characteristic of Corinthian art. The style was strongly influenced by the art of the ancient Near East, where repetitive bands of animal decoration were common.

Black-figure olpe, type 1. Echinus rim. It is restored from fragments and the handle is not preserved. There is a chequer pattern on front of rim, then a band of Greek key and a zone of two rows of dots. A bearded male, Dionysus, heavily draped, with hair in a bun and holding a horn stands facing right. There is a red patch on the beard.

The olpe is a common shape due, certainly, to its simplicity and convenient size. The Greek world, especially Attica, furnishes many variants of terracotta. Bronze examples are better documented in Etruria.

Olpai (pl.) are generally taller than they are wide, with a smoothly curving profile (no distinct shoulder) and a single handle. Web resource here. Amasis Painter. Black-figure olpe with Herakles entering Olympus. Ca. 550-530 BCE. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details. Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey.