VesselsGreek6th century BCE

Olpe: Aeneas fleeing from Troy

525 BCE-500 BCE

Description

Orangish-buff fabric. Plain mouthed olpe with low strap handle. Checkerboard pattern at lip. On front of vessel is a large figured panel framed at the top by a zig-zag pattern beneath a maeander. The scene shows Aeneas escaping from Troy carrying his father, Anchises, in his arms. Aeneas wears armor and carries two spears and a shield decorated with a lion. On the left of the scene, a man in a Phrygian cap carries a quiver and moves away from Aeneas and Anchises, but turns his body back to look at them. On the right of the scene, a draped woman is in a similar posture. The figures are in black-slip with details in incision and in added red and white. A portion of the lip is missing and restored in buff-colored plaster.

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Black-figure

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

16.1 x 11.4 cm (6 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Hesperia Art Antiquities, (George Allen) Philadelphia,1965], sold; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, 1965- 2007, transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums.