VesselsEtruscan4th century BCE

Olpe

4th century BCE

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Hammered

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Etruscan

Period

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Century

4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

19 x 11.8 (rim diam.) x 14 (max. diam.) cm (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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