A SAMNITE IMPASTO OLLA
A SAMNITE IMPASTO OLLA

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A SAMNITE IMPASTO OLLA
8TH CENTURY B.C.
On pedestal foot, the bulbous body with short concave neck and everted rim, the body with hatched rope pattern triple zigzag frieze suspended from triple hatched lines at the shoulder, repaired at foot, 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high; an impasto stemmed dish, the bowl on high pedestal foot, the broad rim pierced twice and decorated with hatched rope pattern double zigzag lines, the exterior lower body festooned with triple rope pattern swags hung from eight punched circles, 10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam., 5½ in. (14 cm.) high; and an impasto skyphos with twin loop handles linked by four incised horizontal lines, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, both late 8th/7th Century B.C.

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