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Pitcher with high handle (round-mouthed oinochoe)
Italic, Etruscan
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
about 500 to 450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height (to lip): 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number95.71
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 516; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 125 (additional published references).
DescriptionJug (olpe) with round mouth and a high surmounting vertical handle. Below two small volutes at the base of the handle, a lion crouches downwards, his paws resting above two Ionic scrolls and a palmette. Gilded. Dark and light green patina, with various encrustation.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome but it seemed that it could be traced to Greece (Chalcidian?)); 1895: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)
$ 29,857.37 (this figure is the total price for MFA 95.9-95.174)