Terracotta fragment of an olpe (jug)

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late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Terracotta fragment of an olpe (jug) — Unknown

Lower drapery and leg of Herakles to right, with a paw from his lion skin; at the left, the panel ornament is comprised of a band of vertical dots

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 6th/early 5th centuries BCE
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Greek, Attic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011

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