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Pitcher (Olpe) with Trefoil Mouth

Pitcher (Olpe) with Trefoil Mouth

Unknown

This polished black pitcher with a trefoil mouth has subtle bands of lines incised around its middle.
Artist
Unknown (Italian, Etruscan)
Title
Pitcher (Olpe) with Trefoil Mouth
Date
ca. 7th century B.C.E.
Medium
Bucchero earthenware
Dimensions
7 3/8 x 5 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Jacqueline Ross
Accession No.
1984.196
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
Italy

Related

12 December 1984, gifted by Jacqueline Ross (Madison, WI) to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 11 March 2022]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 30, no. 7

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