Aryballos

Museum number:
8-3361
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Corinthian black-figure aryballos; round body, handmade vertical handle; surface badly worn; added purple-red paint; on body: goose to right, between two sphinxes each wearing a polos; incised rosettes in field; underneath dot-rosette around glazed central hollow; on mouth and shoulder, red and black tongues; dots on rim.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Aryballoi (Greek vessels)
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Loans:
S1961-1962 #77: Oakland Public Museum (May 16, 1962–September 4, 1962) and S1964-1965 #45: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley) (January 6, 1965–January 6, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Aryballos, accession number 8-3361, described as Corinthian black-figure aryballos; round body, handmade vertical handle; surface badly worn; added purple-red paint; on body: goose to right, between two sphinxes each wearing a polos; incised rosettes in field; underneath dot-rosette around glazed central hollow; on mouth and shoulder, red and black tongues; dots on rim.

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