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Olpe with Scales and Concentric Bands
This olpe (pitcher) has a simple, round mouth where a handle, with circular bosses imitating metal forms, attaches before connecting with the body. The decoration is not well preserved, but a scale or feather pattern is apparent on the shoulder, with concentric bands on the body, and the remains of rays above the ring foot. The shape and decoration is an Etruscan adaptation of the products of workshops in Corinth, Greece.
Provenance
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Anonymous collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Tarquinia]; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by gift.
Measurements
Overall: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift, 1942
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.1849