Lot Essay
Cf. I. Jucker, Italy of the Etruscans, Mainz, 1991, p. 217, no. 284 for similar by the Hercle Painter.
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CIRCA MID-6TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ITALO-CORINTHIAN POTTERY OLPE
CIRCA MID-6TH CENTURY B.C.
With ribbed handle flanked by rotelles on the rim, the body decorated with five registers containing friezes of animals and birds, including sphinxes, boars, deer, swans and a fish, rosettes in the field, details incised and in added purple, rays around the foot, repaired with some repainting
18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm.) high
CIRCA MID-6TH CENTURY B.C.
With ribbed handle flanked by rotelles on the rim, the body decorated with five registers containing friezes of animals and birds, including sphinxes, boars, deer, swans and a fish, rosettes in the field, details incised and in added purple, rays around the foot, repaired with some repainting
18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm.) high
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