Inv. n°: MMoCA302

Early Roman Imperial Bronze Olpe

The bulbous body tapering to a narrow neck, flaring lip with down turned tongues and a raised dot above. The arching handle terminating in a finely modelled female face.

h. 13.3 cm

1st century AD

Bronze

Provenance

  • Acquired by Royal-Athena at Bonhams London, London, 16th May 2002, lot 245
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 24th June 2009, BLQ303

Publications

  • Cf. S. Tassinari, Il Vasellame bronzeo di Pompei, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1993, type 5100, 5200
  • Bonhams Antiquities, London, 16-17 May 2002, lot 245
  • J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2003, vol. XIV, no. 52
  • J. Spier, "Roman Bronzes" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 138, fig. 26

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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