Olpe
late 6th-first half of 5th century BCE
Dimensions
With handle: 11.8 x 5.9 cm (4 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.) Height of body: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Provenance
From the collection of Salley and Robert Huxley, who purchased it in the mid 1970s from the Alex Malloy Gallery in New York.
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