Terracotta fragments of an olpe (jug)

Unknown

540–530 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

The mouth and the top of the handle are preserved; below, on the body, Perseus running to right, wearing a petasos, patterned chitoniskos, nebris, and a kibisis, holding a spear in his right hand, with his left hand raised in front of him

Artist

Unknown

Date

540–530 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