ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN TERRACOTTA OLPE WITH WILD ANIMALS

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Ca. 630 - 610 BC. A terracotta olpe with a flaring mouth on a broad neck, a strap handle with rotellas, a pear-shaped body, and a low foot. The body is decorated with two animal friezes, with sirens, antelopes, a wild boar, lions, and a swan, and with rosettes and dot motifs in the fields. A dotted rosette decorates the neck, repeated on the rotellas. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 96.18.38. Size: 255mm x 165mm; Weight: 1.2kg Provenance: Private London collection; Previously from an old Melbourne FamilyCollection, Australia. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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