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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED OLPE
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ETRUSCO-CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED OLPE
Circa 6th Century B.C.
The body with two registers of animals and monsters, the lower with a stag, a sphinx and a horseman all facing right, and two confronting griffins with three geese between them, the upper with two griffins, three goats and a goose, with rosettes in the field, rays above the foot, black tongues on the shoulders below a molded ring at the join of the neck to the body
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high
Circa 6th Century B.C.
The body with two registers of animals and monsters, the lower with a stag, a sphinx and a horseman all facing right, and two confronting griffins with three geese between them, the upper with two griffins, three goats and a goose, with rosettes in the field, rays above the foot, black tongues on the shoulders below a molded ring at the join of the neck to the body
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm) high
Provenance
Galerie Nina Borowski, Paris, 1988