Lot Essay
For a nearly identical scene of an armed Amazon setting out to battle on foot on another ivy-mouthed olpe in Athens, see no. 40 in D. von Bothmer, Amazons in Greek Art.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE TYPE OF BERLIN 1915, CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
Details
AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED OLPE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE TYPE OF BERLIN 1915, CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high
ATTRIBUTED TO THE TYPE OF BERLIN 1915, CIRCA 500-490 B.C.
9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
with Hesperia Art, Philadelphia.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, acquired from the above, 1965 (Inv. no. m65.23).
Property offered for sale by the Milwaukee Art Museum; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2003, lot 157.
Private Collection, New York.
Gifted to the current owner from the above by 2009.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, acquired from the above, 1965 (Inv. no. m65.23).
Property offered for sale by the Milwaukee Art Museum; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 2003, lot 157.
Private Collection, New York.
Gifted to the current owner from the above by 2009.
Literature
Beazley Archive Pottery Database no. 9003107.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Hannah Fox Solomon
Head of Department, Specialist