Aryballos

L-64-253

From: Greece

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-253
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Corinthian
Provenience Greece
Manufacture Location Corinth
Period Corinthian Transitional Period
Date Made 630-625 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Incised
Description

Pointed aryballos. Clay gray as from burning in a funeral pyre. Only traces of the black glaze remain. Incised decoration: long tongue pattern around lower body; scale pattern from there to shoulder; tongue pattern on shoulder and on top of lip.

Height 10.3 cm
Outside Diameter 5.6 cm
Other Number 03-1617 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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