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Proto-Corinthian Olpe Fragment

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The Painter of Vatican 73 worked in Corinth decorating vases in the black-figure technique. From about 640 to 625 B.C., he was one of the most prolific vase-painters in Corinth, specializing in the decoration of oinochoai and olpai. As with most vase-painters, the real name of the Painter of Vatican 73 is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. He is named for a vas

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Date: about 650–630 B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek (Corinthian)
Department: Vessels
Institution: Getty Museum

Reconstructed from several fragments, missing the mouth, neck, and handle; decorated with four registers of animal friezes. In the first (top) register: feline to right; two confronted sphinxes flanking a bird, or perhaps a siren; head of a panther to left. In the second register: hindquarters of a lion to left; hound to right; hind leg and nose of a grazing goat to right; forelegs of a feline to left. In the third register: feline or hound to left; grazing goat to right; two panthers back to back; two confronted sphinxes flanking a swan; ear of a feline. In the fourth (bottom) register: feline or hound to left; boar to right; panther to left; grazing goat to right; hind legs, probably of a feline, to right; bull to right; head of lion to left. Rosettes are distributed among the animals in each frieze.

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