Corinthian aryballos with large bird
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Object number
AR2252
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Aryballos
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| Material: |
Yellow clay with red and black painting
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| Date: |
About first half 6th century B.C. Corinthian |
| Description: |
Globular body slightly flattened to create a base. Thin neck, broad discus-shaped lip decorated with rays and a band of dots on the rim (preserved only as traces). The handle with a zigzag line. On the body centrally a large bird with spread wings decorated in black and yellow. Over the bird and on the back side below the handle blossoms, another stylized blossom made from a central dot and rays on the bottom.
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| Size: |
Height 65 mm, diameter 63 mm
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved object with widely preserved decoration. At the bottom, old sticker "57A CPDO £48" from Davies Antiques.
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| References: |
For a bird as the main element, see e.g.: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Kassel, Antikenabteilung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen 1, Pl. 9.5 (here a siren) For the shape, see e.g..: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Kassel, Antikenabteilung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen 1, Pl. 9.11 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2017 from the private possession of M. Voos, Germany. Inherited by M. Voos from the German private collection H. Herbst. Acquired in 1978 from Davies Antiques Gallery, London. The original invoice is preserved.
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| Authenticity: |
We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity.
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