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Olpe

Made By Attributed to the Dot-Ivy Group (Greek, Attic, active ca. 550-520 BCE)
Creation placeGreek, Attic
Dateca. 500-490 BCE
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Base: 3 9/16 in. (9 cm)
circumference: 16 7/16 in. (41.7 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John W. Field, in memory of her husband
Terms
  • standing figure
  • club
  • warrior
  • lion
  • armour
  • helmet
  • Hercules
Object numberCG.1
Descriptionlight red clay painted black all over except two narrow bands encircling lower part of body and a large panel on front where is depicted in black silhouettes the struggle of Hercules and the Nemean lion with Athena standing behind Hercules and lion and a standing male figure
Collections
Inscribedlabel on base: CG1
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Exhibitions
Oinochoë
Class of Vatican G.47
500-475 BCE
Oinochoë
Attributed to the Hoppin Painter
375 BC -350 BC
Amphora
Greek, Attic
ca. 500-480 BCE
Lekythos
South Italian
550-250 BCE