Aryballos

L-64-3

From: Italy

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number L-64-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Late Corinthian
Provenience Italy
Manufacture Location Corinthian
Period Late Corinthian Period
Date Made 570-550 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Flat bottomed aryballos. Low ring foot, rounded body steep sided; very constricted neck; disk lip; strap handle. Tongue pattern around shoulder. Three wheel-painted glaze bands around lower body, and 3 more on outer shoulder. Remainder of body is treated like a melon with pairs of vertical lines incised through the glaze at frequent intervals. Traces of reddish-purple in several groups of 3 segments.

Height 10.3 cm
Outside Diameter 9.7 cm
Other Number 82-16 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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