Terracotta olpe (jug)

Attributed to the Amasis Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154

Courting scene

A bearded man in an elaborate fringed cloak approaches a woman who holds a myrtle branch and offers him a rose. She is dressed like a bride with her cloak pulled over her head and a wreath of myrtle in her hair.

Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta olpe (jug), Attributed to the Amasis Painter, Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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