olpe
- Museum number
- 1867,0506.38
- Description
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Pottery: black-figured olpe (jug) with double-reeded handle raised high above the trefoil mouth. Design in black on a red panel on the right side of the handle, with a border of lotus-buds along the top; accessories of white and purple. A hunter to right, bearded, with pilos and short embroidered chiton, holding stick over left shoulder, from which hang a fox and a hare tied by the forepaws; by his side is a dog to right. On either side facing him is a bearded figure in an embroidered himation with purple lining, holding a staff; the one on the left wears a fillet.
- Production date
- 550BC-530BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 26 centimetres
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Weight: 584 grammes
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Width: 13.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- BM Cat. Vases
For the hunter, cf. BM B421, signed by Tleson.
- Location
- On display (G13/dc8)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibition;
1977 London, BM, Animals in Art
2023 4 May - 13 Aug, London, BM, G35, Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1867,0506.38
