Aryballos
L-64-165
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-165 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Corinthian |
| Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
| Manufacture Location | Corinth |
| Creator | La Trobe Painter |
| Period | Early Corinthian |
| Date Made | 620-590 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Dancers |
| Description | Round aryballos. Buff ware, buff slip. Dark brown, red and white painted decoration. Around aperture, tongues enclosed at edge by band. Line of dots on side of rim. Tongue pattern around shoulder. Frieze: three facing pairs of padded dancers wearing wreaths or fillets. Frieze bordered above by two bands, below by one. Around base, tongues radiate from small glazed circular depression and are enclosed by two fine concentric circles. Vertical zig-zag on back of handle, line on sides of handle. |
| Height | 8.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 8.6 cm |
| Other Number | 99-130 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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