Italo-Corinthian Pottery Olpe with Animal Friezes, circa 600 BC
An Italo-Corinthian pottery olpe, circa 600 BC, ovoid form with a flared neck, the handle flanked by rotelles on the rim, the body painted in four registers with friezes of lions, winged sphinxes, a goose, swans and a boar, rosettes in the field, 12.99 in. high, 6.89 in. at widest point
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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