Corinthian black-figure round aryballos; handle and about one-third of mouth missing; warm buff clay; added red paint; on body, animal frieze; goose between two sphinxes, two panthers; filling ornament of incised rosettes and blobs; on base, rosette around concentric circles; tongues on shoulder
Donor:
George Allen
Collection place:
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Aryballoi (Greek vessels)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1968-1969 #34: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Dick Ransom (November 8, 1968–January 15, 1969), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1981-1982 #16: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (October 2, 1981–November 2, 1981), S1982-1983 #36: Saint Mary’s College of California (1983–April 29, 1983), S1982-1983 #3: Crocker Art Museum (October 20, 1982–March 28, 1983), S1983-1984 #8: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (August 29, 1983–August 29, 1983), S1985-1986 #5: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (August 26, 1985–August 26, 1985), and S1996-1997 #5c: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 4, 1996–April 17, 1997)