Greek bronze olpe
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Object number
AR2510
| Object: |
Olpe (small vase)
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| Material: |
Bronze
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| Date: |
ca. 6. - 5. century BC
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| Description: |
High biconical vase with flat base. Narrow neck, protruding lip with fine groove decoration on top. High, curved handle with midrib, flat end connected to lip with 3 rivets. The other end, which is shaped as a palmette, is connected to the body below the shoulder.
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| Size: |
Height 166mm hoch, shoulder diameter 57mm.
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved, worth exhibition in a museum. Small restoration around the place where handle is fixed to body. Beautiful patina
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| Reference: |
Katalog der Sammlung Antiker Kleinkunst des Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg, 3,1: Statuetten, Gefäße und andere Gegenstände aus Metall (Mainz 1989), Taf. 12,23.
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| Certificate: |
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2015 in a German auction house. Ex German Westphalian private collection, in this between the 1960s and 1990s.
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