An Attic Black-figured Olpe, attributed to the Dot Ivy Group, circa 500-490 B.C.

painted with a satyr moving to left and facing Dionysos moving to right, the god holding a drinking horn and vine branches, a double of row of dots above the scene, the details in added red.

Joseph Chmielowski (American Art Galleries, New York, February 23rd-25th, 1922, no. 69)
Anderson Galleries, New York, November 19th-21st, 1925, no. 340
American Art Galleries, New York, January 20th-21st, 1928, no. 333b
Hagop Kevorkian, New York (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 15th, 1962, no. 225)

Andrew J. Clark, Attic Black-figured 'Olpai' and 'Oinochoai,' diss., New York University, 1992, cat. no. 242

Neck and rim repaired from several fragments with in-painting and minor losses and restorations along breaklines, handle repaired and with area of black paint on top, lower section of handle chipped, area of pitting to right of Dionysos, area of loss to black glaze to right of painted panel, large matte area in black to left of painted panel suggests some misfiring was painted over.
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