Monumental Olpe (pitcher)
c. 730-700 BCE
Artists
Dimensions
66 cm h x 35.2 cm diam (26 x 13 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[Ephron Gallery, 67 East 57th Street, New York City, 1950], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1950.
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