Terracotta fragments of a trefoil olpe (jug)

Gorgon Painter

first quarter of the 5th century BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

One fragment has the part of the head and chest of a lion and three fronds of a palmette; a second fragment has two fronds of a palmette and part of a lion to left?; a third fragment has a thin red glazed line and part of a palmette with black and red fronds; a fourth fragment has a thin glazed line and parts of two unidentified objects; a fifth fragment has a bit of reserve and is also partly black glazed

Artist

Gorgon Painter

Date

first quarter of the 5th century 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