AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY OLPE
Lot 199

AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY OLPE

CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

Closed14 April 2011

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GBP 1,750

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AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY OLPE
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
The body with two bands of overlapping dotted scale pattern, horizontal bands of red and white between, stripes around foot and shoulder, scrolling 'S' shapes either side of handle, crosses on the rotelles; and another similar smaller, circa 6th Century B.C.
11 in. (28 cm.) and 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high respectively (2)

Private collection, France, acquired prior to 2000.

Specialist note

For similar overlapping scale pattern cf. Exhibition catalogue, Die Etrusker und Europa, Berlin, 1992, p. 252, no. 268.