Black-figure olpe (pitcher)

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Black-figure olpe (pitcher)
Black-figure olpe (pitcher)
Artist/Maker
Datelate 6th-early 5th century B.C.E.
MediumTerracotta with slip
DimensionsOverall (Height): 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm) Rim (Diam.): 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm) Diameter (Max.): 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm) Base (Diam.): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object number1929.24
On view
DescriptionRevellors playing double flute and lyre walk to right. Servant.
Collections

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Pitcher depicting revellers playing a double flute and a lyre
Attic black-figure olpe
Exhibition History 2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - (no cat.).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. Hamilton Collects, "A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus., 20).

1987
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Ancient Vases: The Hamilton College Collection," March 14 - May 11, 1987 (cat. no. 23, illus., 26).

Provenance 1929: Hamilton College (James Library) by bequest of Edward S. Burgess
Markings Sticker: "5853 / [ui or vi]" written in black pen on hexagonal white sticker with red border.
Published References ANCIENT VASES FROM THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION AND THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM (exh. cat. Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1987), 26.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "[ui or vi]" in pencil on pot base; "5853" in pencil on pot base.
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.18
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: early 5th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.19
Photograph by David Revette.
Fragment of an East Greek black-figure closed vase
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.145
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Black-figure lekythos (oil jar)
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.21
Photograph by John Bentham.
Black-on-red ware amphora (storage jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure hydria (water jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-325 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.44
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Red-figure lekythos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.36
Photograph by John Bentham.
Red-figure calyx-krater (mixing vessel)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 350-320 BCE
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.30
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Apulian red-figure kantharos
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th century B.C.E.
Medium: Polychrome terracotta with slip and pigment
Object number: 1929.48
Photograph by John Bentham.
Olpe (pitcher)
The Rosoni Painter
Date: c. 570-550 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1943.2
Gnathian oinochoe
Gnathian oinochoe
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: late 4th-early 3rd century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.53
Photograph by Dave Revette.
Aryballos (oil container)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: mid 6th century B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.13